Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

इति कृत्वा मतिं विप्रो जगाम गिरिमूर्द्धनि । भवभक्तो भवानीं स ददर्श स्कन्दमातरम्

Transliteration

iti kṛtvā matiṃ vipro jagāma girimūrddhani | bhavabhakto bhavānīṃ sa dadarśa skandamātaram

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ മനസ്സിൽ നിശ്ചയിച്ച് ആ വിപ്രൻ ഗിരിശിഖരത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി; ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ) ഭക്തനായി ഭവാനി—സ്കന്ദമാതാവ്—യെ ദർശിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/‘thus’)

• kṛtvā: having made/done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); कृ धातोः; ‘having done’

• matim: intention, resolve, mind
• matim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन

• vipraḥ: the brāhmaṇa
• vipraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative); एकवचन

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• giri-mūrddhani: on the mountain-top
• giri-mūrddhani: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गिर्याः मूर्धनि); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative); एकवचन

• bhava-bhaktaḥ: devoted to Bhava (Śiva)
• bhava-bhaktaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भवस्य भक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (vipraḥ)

• bhavānīm: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• bhavānīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavānī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• dadarśa: saw
• dadarśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• skanda-mātaram: the mother of Skanda
• skanda-mātaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: स्कन्दस्य माता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhavānī-darśana at Vastrāpatha-śikhara

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa pilgrim (Vāmana) reaches the crest, hands folded, eyes uplifted; Bhavānī appears radiant, maternal, with Śaiva emblems nearby, signifying Bhava-bhakti fulfilled in Devī-darśana.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Bhavānī
• Skanda
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Firm resolve (mati) joined with Śiva-bhakti culminates in the grace of Devi’s darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain summit of Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the implied sādhana is devotional ascent and seeking darśana.