Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
दृष्ट्वा हृष्टमनाश्चाहमवोचं त्वां शुचिस्मिते
Transliteration
dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamanāścāhamavocaṃ tvāṃ śucismite
Translation
അവരെ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ എന്റെ മനസ് ആനന്ദത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു; ഓ ശുചിസ്മിതേ! ഞാൻ നിന്നോടു പറഞ്ഞു.
Word by Word
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√दृश् (धातु; त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having seen”
हृष्टमनाःwith delighted mind
हृष्टमनाः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: हृष्टं मनः यस्य सः (one whose mind is delighted)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
अवोचम्said; spoke
अवोचम्:
Kriyā (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + √वच् (धातु)
Formलुङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Aorist); उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्वाम्to you; you
त्वाम्:
Karman (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
शुचिस्मितेO pure-smiling one
शुचिस्मिते:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootशुचि + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: शुचि स्मितं यस्याः (she of pure smile)
Speaker
Śiva (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya dialogic style; addressing Devī)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārvatī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The speaker, delighted, turns toward the fair-smiling goddess and begins to speak, with the just-seen merged divine form still glowing nearby.
Characters & Entities
D
DevīFAQs
Divine revelation begins with auspicious vision (darśana) and inner joy, preparing the listener for sacred instruction.
The broader passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, centering on Prabhāsa in Saurāṣṭra.
None in this verse; it sets the narrative tone for subsequent kṣetra-related instruction.