Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

मद्भावभाविता देवि तीर्थं सेवंति सुव्रताः । तेषां चैव हितार्थाय कथयामि यशश्विनि

Transliteration

madbhāvabhāvitā devi tīrthaṃ sevaṃti suvratāḥ | teṣāṃ caiva hitārthāya kathayāmi yaśaśvini

Translation

ಹೇ ದೇವಿ! ನನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತಿಭಾವದಿಂದ ಭಾವಿತರಾದ ಸುವ್ರತಿಗಳು ಈ ತೀರ್ಥವನ್ನು ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸಿ ಸೇವಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅವರ ಹಿತಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ, ಹೇ ಯಶಸ್ವಿನಿ, ನಾನು ಈಗ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Word by Word

• मद्भावभाविताः: imbued with devotion to me
• मद्भावभाविताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्-भाव-भावित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त √भू/भावय्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘भावित’; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मम भावेन भाविताः)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: the sacred place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• सेवन्ति: they resort to/serve/visit
• सेवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• सुव्रताः: the virtuous/vow-observing (ones)
• सुव्रताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरं व्रतं येषाम्)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• हितार्थाय: for (their) welfare
• हितार्थाय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (हितस्य अर्थः/हितार्थः)

• कथयामि: I tell
• कथयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; नामधातु/णिजन्त from √कथ्)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यशश्विनि: O illustrious one
• यशश्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara addresses Devī, gesturing toward a radiant coastal tīrtha; devotees with waterpots and flowers perform service—cleaning steps, offering lamps—while a luminous aura marks the ford.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā becomes truly fruitful when performed with devotion to Śiva and disciplined vows.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa tīrtha/Prabhāsa-kṣetra, introduced in this Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Service/resort to the tīrtha (tīrtha-sevā) by suvratāḥ—disciplined observants devoted to Śiva.