Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतद्विस्तरतो ब्रूहि यद्यहं ते प्रिया विभो

Transliteration

etadvistarato brūhi yadyahaṃ te priyā vibho

Translation

Wahai Tuhan Yang Maha Perkasa, jelaskanlah kepadaku dengan terperinci, jika benar aku ini kekasihmu.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• विस्तरतः: in detail
• विस्तरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ब्रूहि: tell (me)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-सम्बन्धी अव्यय (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिया: dear, beloved
• प्रिया: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to subject/कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• विभो: O Lord, O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (Satī/Girijā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, with gentle insistence, asks Śiva to narrate fully; her posture is respectful yet intimate, hands in a soft añjali; Śiva’s gaze is compassionate, poised to teach.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loving devotion and sincere questioning invite deeper revelation of dharma and tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing account concerns Prabhāsakṣetra; the detailed tīrtha context is about to be explained.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; it is a request for a complete narration that will ground later prescriptions.