Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा महादेवि इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत्

Transliteration

evamuktvā mahādevi imaṃ mantramudīrayet

Translation

ଏପରି କହି, ହେ ମହାଦେବୀ, ପରେ ଏହି ମନ୍ତ୍ର ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ କରିବ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (mantra)

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उदीरयेत्: should recite/utter
• उदीरयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+ईर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator addressing Mahādevī (deduced from vocative 'mahādevi')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Teacherly narration frame: the devotee pauses after the declaration and resumes chanting, with the Goddess as the addressed listener in the narrative layer.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through correct procedure—speech, intention, and mantra recitation form an ordered sacred act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A clear directive to proceed from invocation to the formal mantra recitation in the śrāddha sequence.