Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि दामोदरहरिं प्रति । इतिहासं पुराख्यातमृषिभिः कल्पवासिभिः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dāmodarahariṃ prati | itihāsaṃ purākhyātamṛṣibhiḥ kalpavāsibhiḥ

Translation

Ишвара сказал: Слушай, о Богиня; я поведаю о Дамодаре-Хари древнее предание, изречённое встарь риши, пребывавшими сквозь кальпы.

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall narrate
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दामोदरहरिम्: Dāmodara-Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• दामोदरहरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दामोदर + हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (दामोदरः एव हरिः)

• प्रति: towards; concerning
• प्रति: Prati-sambandha (Reference)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (towards/with regard to)

• इतिहासम्: legend; account
• इतिहासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतिहास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• आख्यातम्: narrated
• आख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतिहास-विशेषणम्—‘told/related’

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana/Agent-instrument (by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• कल्पवासिभिः: by the kalpa-dwellers (those residing for a kalpa)
• कल्पवासिभिः: Karana/Agent-instrument (by)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्पवासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (कल्पे वासी)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāmodara-Hari (within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara turns to Devī with a teaching gesture, as if opening a scroll of ancient lore; behind them, sages in the background symbolize the kalpa-spanning transmission.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Dāmodara-Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-glories are preserved through a sacred lineage of seers; hearing (śravaṇa) such accounts is itself a devotional act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (context), through an itihāsa centered on Dāmodara-Hari.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, attentive listening to the māhātmya (śravaṇa) is encouraged; no explicit rite is stated.