Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

श्रीमातां यदि मे दूत दर्शयिष्यसि चेत्ततः । अभीष्टान्संप्रदास्यामि सत्यमेव ब्रवीम्यहम्

Transliteration

śrīmātāṃ yadi me dūta darśayiṣyasi cettataḥ | abhīṣṭānsaṃpradāsyāmi satyameva bravīmyaham

Translation

ഹേ ദൂതാ, നീ എനിക്ക് ശ്രീമാതാവിനെ ദർശിപ്പിച്ചാൽ, ഞാൻ നിനക്ക് അഭീഷ്ടമായ വരങ്ങൾ നൽകും—ഇത് ഞാൻ സത്യമായി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• श्रीमाताम्: the noble mother (Śrīmātā)
• श्रीमाताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• मे: my / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• दूत: O messenger
• दूत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Address), एकवचन

• दर्शयिष्यसि: you will show
• दर्शयिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• चेत्: if (indeed)
• चेत्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Source/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• अभीष्टान्: desired (boons/things)
• अभीष्टान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• संप्रदास्यामि: I will bestow
• संप्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र

• सत्यम्: truthfully / the truth
• सत्यम्: Karma (Object/Content/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ब्रवीमि: I speak
• ब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Dānava (Bāṣkali/Kaliṅga)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīmātā-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Dānava, still proud yet intrigued, offers boons to the envoy in exchange for showing Śrīmātā; the unseen presence of the Goddess is suggested by a radiant doorway or yantra-like glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śrīmātā
• Dūta (Messenger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the proud seek darśana of the Divine; yet desire for boons can still be mixed with ego and bargaining.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse centers on Devī-darśana within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a promise of granting boons, not a prescribed rite.