Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

अहं त्राता च गन्धश्च त्वं तु निघ्राणमेव च । अहं स्पर्शयिता कर्ता स्पर्श्यस्त्वं सृष्टमेव च

Transliteration

ahaṃ trātā ca gandhaśca tvaṃ tu nighrāṇameva ca | ahaṃ sparśayitā kartā sparśyastvaṃ sṛṣṭameva ca

Translation

ഞാൻ രക്ഷകനും സുഗന്ധവും; നീയേ ഘ്രാണം—മണം ഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന ക്രിയ. ഞാൻ സ്പർശിക്കുന്നവനും കർത്താവും; നീയേ സ്പർശ്യവും സൃഷ്ടമായ ജഗത്തും॥

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• trātā: protector
• trātā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trā (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• gandhaḥ: smell/fragrance
• gandhaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• nighrāṇam: smelling/olfaction
• nighrāṇam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ni√ghrā (धातु) + ana (कृदन्त/भाववाचक)
• Form: भाववाचक-नाम (action noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sparśayitā: one who causes touching/toucher
• sparśayitā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: spṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच् causative) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-धातोः कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kartā: doer/agent
• kartā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sparśyaḥ: touchable/that which is touched
• sparśyaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sparśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective: ‘touchable’)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sṛṣṭam: created/that which is created
• sṛṣṭam: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sṛj (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: incense smoke becomes visible ‘fragrance’, a devotee’s nose and hand are shown as luminous faculties; Śiva and Devī appear as subtle presences within the senses and the sensed world.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Parameśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Perception and the perceived are sacred; recognizing the divine in sensory life purifies experience into worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching tīrtha praised in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is mentioned.