Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ममापि कौतुकं देव किमकार्षीत्ततो भवान् । तद्ब्रूहि मे महादेव यद्यहं तव वल्लभा

Transliteration

mamāpi kautukaṃ deva kimakārṣīttato bhavān | tadbrūhi me mahādeva yadyahaṃ tava vallabhā

Translation

हे देव! मलाही कुतूहल आहे—तेव्हा आपण काय केले आणि का केले? हे महादेव, मी जर खरोखरच आपली वल्लभा असेन तर ते मला सांगा.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; ‘also/even’)

• kautukam: curiosity, wonder
• kautukam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kautuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• akārṣīt: did, made
• akārṣīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: then, thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; ‘thereupon/from that’)

• bhavān: you (honorific)
• bhavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 2nd person sense)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• brūhi: tell
• brūhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahādeva: O Mahādeva
• mahādeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-deva (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + deva)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vallabhā: beloved (wife)
• vallabhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vallabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva (addressed by Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, poised and earnest, turns toward Mahādeva with a questioning gaze, hands in a gentle añjali; her words blend affection and curiosity, requesting the hidden sequence of events.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loving intimacy with the Divine is depicted as a legitimate ground for deeper instruction into sacred mysteries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the implied setting of the unfolding explanation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it seeks the reason behind Śiva’s action connected to the devotees’ observance.