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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

का देवता व्रते तस्मिन्के मन्त्राः किं फलं विभो । विस्तरेण महेश त्वं ब्रूहि धर्मं सनातनम्

Transliteration

kā devatā vrate tasminke mantrāḥ kiṃ phalaṃ vibho | vistareṇa maheśa tvaṃ brūhi dharmaṃ sanātanam

Translation

“Dalam vrata itu, dewa manakah yang harus dipuja, mantra apakah yang harus dilafazkan, dan apakah buah pahalanya, wahai Tuhan? Wahai Maheśa, jelaskanlah dengan terperinci dharma yang kekal ini.”

Word by Word
काwhich?/what?
का:
Karta-predicate (Predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण
देवताdeity
देवता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
व्रतेin the vow
व्रते:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
केwhich?/what (plural)?
के:
Karta-predicate (Predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-विशेषण
मन्त्राःmantras
मन्त्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन
किम्what?
किम्:
Karta-predicate (Predicate/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
विभोO Lord
विभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
विस्तरेणin detail
विस्तरेण:
Karana/Adverbial (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे
महेशO Maheśa
महेश:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
ब्रूहिtell/speak
ब्रूहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
धर्मम्dharma/rite
धर्मम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
सनातनम्eternal
सनातनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (धर्मम्)
Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśa (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī asks pointed questions about deity, mantras, and fruits; Śiva is poised to teach. The scene emphasizes pedagogical clarity—gesture of enumeration (counting on fingers), sacred implements nearby (japa-mālā, kamaṇḍalu).

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśa (Śiva)
D
Devī

FAQs

A complete vrata rests on three pillars—devatā (focus of worship), mantra (sacred speech), and phala (intended merit)—all grounded in sanātana-dharma.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the rules and merits of observances are taught as part of the site’s māhātmya.

It asks for the vow’s deity, mantras, and results—setting up the detailed vrata-vidhi that follows.

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