Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

दृष्टिदानेन देवेशि भाषणेन वरानने । मया देवहितं कार्यं सर्वावस्थासु पार्वति

Transliteration

dṛṣṭidānena deveśi bhāṣaṇena varānane | mayā devahitaṃ kāryaṃ sarvāvasthāsu pārvati

Translation

Wahai Dewi, Penguasa para dewa—wahai Pārvatī yang berwajah indah—dengan kurnia pandanganmu dan dengan kata-katamu, aku wajib menunaikan tugas demi kesejahteraan para dewa dalam segala keadaan.

Word by Word

• दृष्टिदानेन: by giving (a) glance
• दृष्टिदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘gift of sight’/‘granting a look’)

• देवेशि: O queen of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘mistress of gods’)

• भाषणेन: by speaking
• भाषणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘beautiful-faced’)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवहितम्: the gods' welfare
• देवहितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + हित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘welfare of the gods’)

• कार्यम्: (it) must be done / duty
• कार्यम्: Kriya/Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त) / कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृ-धातुजन्य ‘to be done’ (gerundive) used as noun ‘duty’

• सर्वावस्थासु: in all circumstances
• सर्वावस्थासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ (‘in all conditions/states’)

• पार्वति: O Pārvatī
• पार्वति: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Trinetra/Hara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-audience/ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addresses Pārvatī with honorifics, emphasizing that her glance and words empower him to accomplish deva-welfare in all states.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine actions are guided by dharma: even intimate dialogue serves a higher cosmic welfare (deva-hita).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa context (Mount Arbuda region), though the line itself focuses on Śiva–Pārvatī dialogue rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it emphasizes divine intention and purpose.