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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । साधु पृष्टं त्वया देवि यद्गोप्यं स्वसुतेष्वपि । तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि अप्रसिद्धागमोदितम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi yadgopyaṃ svasuteṣvapi | tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi aprasiddhāgamoditam

Translation

ഈശ്വരൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—ദേവീ, നീ നല്ല ചോദ്യം ചോദിച്ചു; ഇത് സ്വന്തം പുത്രന്മാരിലും ഗൂഢമായ കാര്യമാണ്. ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു അപരിചിതമായ ആഗമപരമ്പരയിൽ പറഞ്ഞതു വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
ईश्वरःĪśvara (Lord Śiva)
ईश्वरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)
साधुwell; good
साधु:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाधु (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रशंसार्थक-अव्यय (approving particle/adverb)
पृष्टम्asked
पृष्टम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√प्रच्छ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) → पृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘asked’
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)
देविO देवी
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)
यत्which
यत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular); सम्बन्धक (relative)
गोप्यम्secret; to be concealed
गोप्यम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगोप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)
स्वसुतेषुeven among (one's) own sons
स्वसुतेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-बहुवचन (Masculine, Locative, Plural)
अपिeven; also
अपि:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formचतुर्थी-एकवचन (Dative, Singular)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-एकवचन (Nominative, Singular)
संप्रवक्ष्यामिI shall explain fully
संप्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्+प्र√वच् (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (1st person singular)
अप्रसिद्धागमोदितम्taught in the (scriptural) tradition yet not widely known
अप्रसिद्धागमोदितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आगम (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (√उद् + क्त)
Formसमासः (बहुपद-तत्पुरुषप्रायः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Īśvara) seated in serene majesty, turning toward Devī with a gesture of confidential instruction; a subtle aura suggests ‘guhya āgama’ being revealed, with Prabhāsa’s coastal shrine-land hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
D
Devī
Ā
Āgama (tradition)

FAQs

Revelation is given to sincere inquiry; sacred knowledge is guarded yet compassionately disclosed for dharmic uplift.

The teaching belongs to the Prabhāsa Kṣetra māhātmya cycle, grounding esoteric lore in sacred geography.

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse signals an āgamic explanation to follow.

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