Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

लक्ष्म्यास्तदा वरं प्रादाद्गायत्री ब्रह्मणः प्रिया

Transliteration

lakṣmyāstadā varaṃ prādādgāyatrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ പ്രിയയായ ഗായത്രി ലക്ഷ്മിക്ക് വരം നല്കി।

Word by Word

• लक्ष्म्याः: of Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्म्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रादात्: gave
• प्रादात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रिया: beloved
• प्रिया: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying गायत्री)

Speaker

Narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (contextual; likely Sūta relating the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gāyatrī, radiant and composed, extends a boon to Lakṣmī; Brahmā’s presence is implied by Gāyatrī’s epithet ‘beloved of Brahmā’, with a subtle lotus-and-veda iconography tying prosperity to sacred knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Gāyatrī
• Brahmā
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (vara) can neutralize or transform difficulty, restoring auspiciousness through dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the Māhātmya context in which this boon-story is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it records the granting of a boon.