Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

वरदोऽहं वरारोहे मंत्रस्त्वमिति चोच्यसे । अहं द्रष्टा च श्रोता च त्वं दृश्या श्रुतिरेव च

Transliteration

varado'haṃ varārohe maṃtrastvamiti cocyase | ahaṃ draṣṭā ca śrotā ca tvaṃ dṛśyā śrutireva ca

Translation

ହେ ବରାରୋହେ, ମୁଁ ବରଦାତା; ତୁମେ ମନ୍ତ୍ର ବୋଲି ଉଚ୍ୟସେ। ମୁଁ ଦ୍ରଷ୍ଟା ଓ ଶ୍ରୋତା; ତୁମେ ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ଏବଂ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ଶ୍ରୁତି।

Word by Word

• varadaḥ: boon-giver
• varadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• varārohe: O fair-hipped one
• varārohe: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• mantraḥ: mantra
• mantraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• iti: thus/as
• iti: Sambandha (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ucyase: are called
• ucyase: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट्, कर्मणि (Passive), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• draṣṭā: seer/observer
• draṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• śrotā: hearer/listener
• śrotā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śru (धातु) + tṛ (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्तरि तृ-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dṛśyā: visible/that which is seen
• dṛśyā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (predicate adjective)

• śrutiḥ: hearing/that which is heard
• śrutiḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva seated as boon-giver with raised hand (varada-mudrā); Devī appears as a radiant mantra-garland or as a scroll of śruti transforming into sound-waves; around them, devotees listen and behold—seer/seen mirrored.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Parameśvarī)
• Mantra
• Śruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra and its fruit are divine; the knower, the knowing, and the known are unified in Śiva-Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha/Prabhāsa region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific japa or vrata is prescribed here, though the verse elevates mantra as a form of the Goddess.