Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

स ब्राह्मणं तपोयुक्तमुवाच दितिनंदनः । पुत्र मे भगवन्नेकमिंद्रतुल्यं प्रयच्छतु

Transliteration

sa brāhmaṇaṃ tapoyuktamuvāca ditinaṃdanaḥ | putra me bhagavannekamiṃdratulyaṃ prayacchatu

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ദിതിപുത്രൻ തപസ്സിൽ യുക്തനായ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ഭഗവൻ! എനിക്ക് ഒരേയൊരു പുത്രനെ ദയചെയ്യുക; അവൻ ഇന്ദ്രസമനായിരിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• तपोयुक्तम्: endowed with austerity
• तपोयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (‘तपसा युक्तः/तपसः युक्तः’)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दितिनन्दनः: son of Diti (demon)
• दितिनन्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिति-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दितेः नन्दनः)

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• भगवन्: O venerable one
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• इन्द्रतुल्यम्: equal to Indra
• इन्द्रतुल्यम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र-तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘इन्द्र इव तुल्यः’)

• प्रयच्छतु: may (he) grant/give
• प्रयच्छतु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

A Daitya (son of Diti; in this episode, Ilvala/Vātāpi context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (narrative trajectory)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proud daitya (Ilvala) petitions a serene, austere brāhmaṇa seated in meditation; the daitya’s posture is demanding, the brāhmaṇa’s expression restrained and discerning.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Brāhmaṇa
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desires for power (an Indra-like son) are placed before ascetics, showing how boons can become tests of dharma and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider narrative belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, the glorification of Prabhāsa (near Somanātha) as a sacred region where major episodes unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces a boon-request addressed to a tapasvī brāhmaṇa.