Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

यदि त्वयाऽस्य पर्यंतो लब्धो ब्रह्मन्कथंचन । तत्ते तुष्टिं गतो नूनं देवदेवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

yadi tvayā'sya paryaṃto labdho brahmankathaṃcana | tatte tuṣṭiṃ gato nūnaṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Wahai Brahmā, jika dengan apa jua cara engkau benar-benar telah menemui batas-Nya, maka sesungguhnya Maheśvara, Dewa segala dewa, pasti telah berkenan kepadamu.

Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Conditional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/सम्बन्धबोधक) — if

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• asya: of this (liṅga)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• paryantaḥ: the limit/end
• paryantaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• labdhaḥ: found
• labdhaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: क्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘लब्धः’ (found/obtained)

• brahman: O Brahmā
• brahman: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• kathaṃcana: in any way
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — in any way/at all

• tat: then
• tat: Sambandha (Correlative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (correlative) — then/therefore

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction/pleasure
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• gataḥ: has come (to)
• gataḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘गतः’ (has gone/has come to)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) — surely

• devadevaḥ: the god of gods
• devadevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—देवानां देवः (god of gods)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् ईश्वरः (Great Lord)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually Brahmā being addressed; likely a dialogue voice within Pulastya’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, respectful, suggests that if Brahmā has found the limit, it can only be due to Maheśvara’s pleasure; a subtle aura of Śiva’s unseen sanction hovers over the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine favor is connected to genuine attainment and truth; empty claims do not constitute spiritual realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits in the Arbudakhaṇḍa of the Prabhāsa corpus; the immediate focus is theological (Maheśvara’s transcendence) rather than naming a single tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a doctrinal statement about Maheśvara’s pleasure and spiritual truth.