Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तेषामत्युग्रतपसामनन्यासक्तचेतसाम् । प्रसादमीश्वरश्चक्रे कारुण्यामृतसागरः

Transliteration

teṣāmatyugratapasāmananyāsaktacetasām | prasādamīśvaraścakre kāruṇyāmṛtasāgaraḥ

Translation

അവരുടെ അത്യുഗ്രതപസ്സും അനന്യഭക്തിയിൽ ഏകാഗ്രമായ മനസ്സും കണ്ടു, കരുണാമൃതസാഗരനായ ഈശ്വരൻ അവർക്കു പ്രസാദം നൽകി.

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ati-ugra-tapasām: of those with extremely severe austerities
• ati-ugra-tapasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (ati-ugraṃ tapaḥ yeṣām); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; teṣām इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्ध

• ananya-āsakta-cetasām: of those whose minds were attached to none other (single-minded)
• ananya-āsakta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsakta (√sañj/सक्त) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (ananye āsaktaṃ cetaḥ yeṣām); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; teṣām इत्यस्य विशेषण

• prasādam: grace; favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• cakre: made; bestowed
• cakre: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kāruṇya-amṛta-sāgaraḥ: an ocean of compassion-nectar
• kāruṇya-amṛta-sāgaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāruṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (kāruṇyam amṛtam iva, tasya sāgaraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; īśvaraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषण (appositive epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the mahatmya frame (pilgrims/sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, serene and radiant, beholds the fierce ascetics whose minds are unwavering; His expression softens into compassion as a nectar-like aura of grace descends upon them.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion joined with sincere austerity draws the Lord’s compassionate grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights tapas (austerity) and ananya-bhakti (exclusive devotion).