Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सा श्रुत्वा तां तदा वाणीं समुत्तस्थौ समुमध्यमा । देवमाराधयामास दिवानक्तमतंद्रिता । व्रतैर्दानैर्जपैर्होमैरुपवासैस्तथा परैः

Transliteration

sā śrutvā tāṃ tadā vāṇīṃ samuttasthau samumadhyamā | devamārādhayāmāsa divānaktamataṃdritā | vratairdānairjapairhomairupavāsaistathā paraiḥ

Translation

ထိုအသံကို ကြားပြီးနောက် ခါးသေးသွယ်သော သူမသည် ချက်ချင်း ထလာ하였다။ နေ့ည မပျင်းမနာဘဲ၊ ဝရတ (သစ္စာကတိ)၊ ဒါန (လှူဒါန်းခြင်း)၊ ဇပ (မန္တရားရွတ်ဆိုခြင်း)၊ ဟိုးမ (မီးပူဇော်ခြင်း)၊ ဥပဝါသ (အစာရှောင်ခြင်း) နှင့် အခြားအကျင့်များဖြင့် ဘုရားသခင်ကို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့하였다။

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ताम्: that (voice)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• वाणीम्: voice
• वाणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समुत्तस्थौ: rose up
• समुत्तस्थौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• समुमध्यमा: slender-waisted, well-waisted
• समुमध्यमा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-मध्यमा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + मध्यमा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपद 'सु' (=अति/शोभन)

• देवम्: the god (Śiva)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आराधयामास: worshipped, propitiated
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; नामधातु/णिच्-प्रयोगः (आराधयति)

• दिवानक्तम्: day and night
• दिवानक्तम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा-नक्त (प्रातिपदिक; दिवा + नक्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषण (by day and night)

• अतन्द्रिता: untiring, unwearied
• अतन्द्रिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + तन्द्रित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘तन्द्र्’ (to be sluggish) नञ्-निषेध

• व्रतैः: with vows
• व्रतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• दानैः: with gifts
• दानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• जपैः: with recitations
• जपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• होमैः: with fire-offerings
• होमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• उपवासैः: with fasts
• उपवासैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (also/likewise)

• परैः: with other (practices)
• परैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘अन्य’ अर्थे

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rati, now resolute, performs continuous worship—offering oblations into fire, counting beads for japa, giving gifts, observing fasts—through day and night.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deva)
• Vāk

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent, multi-limbed devotion (vows, charity, mantra, homa, fasting) is praised as a complete path to divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Arbuda-khaṇḍa, framing the glory of the Kāmeśvara-Śiva context on Arbuda mountain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata (vows), dāna (charity), japa (recitation), homa (fire-offering), and upavāsa (fasting) are explicitly listed.