Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अथ ताश्चाब्रुवन्देवि यदि तुष्टासि पार्वति । सौभाग्यं देहि नो भूरि लावण्यं परमं तथा

Transliteration

atha tāścābruvandevi yadi tuṣṭāsi pārvati | saubhāgyaṃ dehi no bhūri lāvaṇyaṃ paramaṃ tathā

Translation

അപ്പോൾ അവർ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ ദേവി, ഹേ പാർവതി, നിങ്ങൾ പ്രസന്നയായാൽ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് ധാരാളം സൗഭാഗ്യവും, അതുപോലെ പരമ ലാവണ്യവും നൽകണമേ.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• ताः: they (those women)
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (they/those women)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अब्रुवन्: said/spoke
• अब्रुवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); बहुवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त/उपपत्तिसूचक (if)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd); एकवचन

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd); एकवचन

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचनस्य/अस्मदः; एन्क्लिटिक रूप; (to us/for us) दत्तकर्म-सम्बन्धे चतुर्थ्यर्थे प्रयोगः

• भूरि: abundant
• भूरि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/विशेषणप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक (much, abundant)

• लावण्यम्: beauty
• लावण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लावण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लावण्यस्य)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/तुल्यताबोधक (also/likewise)

Speaker

The women/devotees (petitioners) speaking to Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotees address Pārvatī: if she is pleased, they request abundant good fortune and supreme beauty.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma allows worldly well-being (saubhāgya, lāvaṇya) to be sought through devotion, when aligned with reverence and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the petition is made directly to the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is implicit: approaching Devī through worship and then making a respectful boon-request.