Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

या मां द्रक्ष्यति सुश्रोणी मत्तुल्या सा भवि ष्यति । दम्पती षोडशैवात्र परिधाप्य प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

yā māṃ drakṣyati suśroṇī mattulyā sā bhavi ṣyati | dampatī ṣoḍaśaivātra paridhāpya prayatnataḥ

Translation

എന്നെ ദർശിക്കുന്ന സുസ്രോണിയായ സ്ത്രീ എനിക്കു തുല്യയാകും. ഇവിടെ പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ പതിനാറു ദമ്പതികൾക്ക് വസ്ത്രം അണിയിച്ചു (വസ്ത്രദാനം ചെയ്തു) കൊള്ളണം.

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• drakṣyati: will see
• drakṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• suśroṇī: the fair-hipped woman
• suśroṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् संबोधनार्थेऽपि (here as epithet)

• mattulyā: equal to me
• mattulyā: Kartṛ-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mat-tulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘मत्’ (asmad) + ‘तुल्य’ (equal)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dampatī: the couple (husband and wife)
• dampatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dampatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचनान्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; स्त्रीपुं-युगलार्थ (husband and wife)

• ṣoḍaśa: sixteen
• ṣoḍaśa: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśan (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; अत्र ‘दम्पती’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (sixteen [in number])

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थ (emphasis)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• paridhāpya: having clothed/adorned
• paridhāpya: Kriyā-anuvṛtti (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘परि’ उपसर्ग

• prayatnataḥ: with effort/carefully
• prayatnataḥ: Hetu/Prakāra (Manner/Cause/हेतु-प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘प्रयत्नतः’ = प्रयत्नेन/प्रयत्नात्

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varadā-Devī at Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Women devotees/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A woman beholds Devī Varadā and then arranges a ceremonial gifting of garments to sixteen couples in the kṣetra precinct—rows of couples receiving folded cloth, priests witnessing, lamps lit.

Characters & Entities

• Varadā Gaurī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana and dāna together transform the devotee—inner devotion is completed by outward generosity and care for householders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where seeing Varadā Gaurī and performing prescribed charity is said to yield special merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra-dāna: arranging clothing for sixteen couples (dampatī ṣoḍaśa) with sincere effort.