Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

मद्भावभावितास्ते वै योगं विंदंति शांकरम् । पश्यैतत्कौतुकं नंदिन्दर्शयामि तवाधुना

Transliteration

madbhāvabhāvitāste vai yogaṃ viṃdaṃti śāṃkaram | paśyaitatkautukaṃ naṃdindarśayāmi tavādhunā

Translation

എന്റെ സ്വഭാവഭാവനയിൽ ലീനരായ അവർ നിശ്ചയമായി ശങ്കരന്റെ യോഗം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ നന്ദിൻ, ഈ അത്ഭുത കൗതുകം നോക്കുക—ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു കാണിച്ചുതരാം.

Word by Word

• मद्भावभाविताः: imbued with my nature
• मद्भावभाविताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mad-bhāva-bhāvita (प्रातिपदिक; mad=अस्मद्-षष्ठी, bhāva, bhāvita)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (te); समासः—मद्भावेन भाविताः (my nature having infused/imbued)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha-Bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphasis)

• योगम्: yoga, union
• योगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विन्दन्ति: obtain
• विन्दन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद् धातु; ‘to find/obtain’)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• शांकरम्: Śaṅkara’s, pertaining to Śiva
• शांकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (yogam)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (पश् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कौतुकम्: marvel, curiosity
• कौतुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; एतत् इति विशेष्य

• नन्दिन्: O Nandin
• नन्दिन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• दर्शयामि: I show
• दर्शयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: darśaya (दर्शय् धातु; causative of √dṛś)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative)

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी एकवचन-रूप; अत्र चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान) ‘to you’

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (now)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara/Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandin

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (or a Śaiva divine presence) addresses Nandin, inviting him to witness a marvel: sages, through Śāṅkara-yoga, become subtle and enter a reed-stalk; the moment is poised before the revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śaṅkara)
• Nandin
• Siddhas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed absorption in Śiva (madbhāva) is presented as the cause of attaining Śaiva yoga and its powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva reveals yogic wonders as part of its sacred greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; the instruction is contemplative—absorption in the Lord leading to Śaiva yoga.