Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तत्र देवी महाभागा योगनिद्रादिभूषिता । देवी कांतिस्तथा श्रद्धा द्युतिस्तुष्टिस्तथैव च

Transliteration

tatra devī mahābhāgā yoganidrādibhūṣitā | devī kāṃtistathā śraddhā dyutistuṣṭistathaiva ca

Translation

അവിടെ മഹാഭാഗ്യയായ ദേവി യോഗനിദ്രാദികളാൽ അലങ്കൃതയായി എത്തി; ദേവി കാന്തി, ശ്രദ്ധ, ദ്യുതി, തുഷ്ടി എന്നിവരും കൂടെ വന്നു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

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

• महाभागा: most fortunate
• महाभागा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्याः/महाभागा)

• योगनिद्रादिभूषिता: adorned with Yog-nidrā and others
• योगनिद्रादिभूषिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगनिद्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (योगनिद्रादिभिः भूषिता = adorned with Yog-nidrā etc.)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समनाधिकरणे)

• कान्तिः: splendour
• कान्तिः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector (समुच्चय/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• श्रद्धा: faith
• श्रद्धा: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्युतिः: radiance
• द्युतिः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टिः: contentment
• तुष्टिः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector (समुच्चय/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (ṛṣi/saunaka-style setting implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa by the sea, a luminous Mahādevī arrives attended by personified virtues—Yoga-nidrā, Kānti, Śraddhā, Dyuti, Tuṣṭi—forming a radiant retinue around her.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Yoganidrā
• Kānti
• Śraddhā
• Dyuti
• Tuṣṭi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are sustained by inner virtues—faith, radiance, contentment—personified as goddesses who support dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, shown as a locus where the Goddess and her powers gather, magnifying the kṣetra’s spiritual potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes the auspicious presence of Devī and her attendant powers at the yajña.