Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

गौर्युवाच । अद्यप्रभृति सर्वा वः समं द्रक्ष्यति रात्रिपः । प्रसादान्मम चार्वंग्यो नैतन्मिथ्या भविष्यति

Transliteration

gauryuvāca | adyaprabhṛti sarvā vaḥ samaṃ drakṣyati rātripaḥ | prasādānmama cārvaṃgyo naitanmithyā bhaviṣyati

Translation

கௌரி கூறினாள்— இன்று முதல் அரசன் (உங்கள் கணவன்) உங்களை எல்லாரையும் சமமாகவே நோக்குவான். அழகிய அங்கங்களையுடையவர்களே, என் அருளால் இது பொய்யாகாது.

Word by Word

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today)

• प्रभृति: from (now) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भकालवाचक (from...onwards)

• सर्वाः: all of you (women)
• सर्वाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (addressed group)

• वः: you (plural)
• वः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचनस्य एन्क्लिटिक रूप; अत्र कर्मरूपे (you all)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (equally)

• द्रक्ष्यति: will see
• द्रक्ष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

• रात्रिपः: the king (protector of the realm)
• रात्रिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रिप (प्रातिपदिक: रात्रि + प)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रात्रेः पः = रात्रौ पालयिता/नृपः)

• प्रसादात्: from (my) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन (from grace)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अर्वङ्ग्यः: O fair-limbed women
• अर्वङ्ग्यः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (this [statement])

• मिथ्या: false
• मिथ्या: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (falsely)

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन

Speaker

Gaurī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A group of women (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī, radiant and compassionate, addresses a group of women, granting a boon that brings equal regard from their husband/king; the setting evokes a sacred coastal kṣetra atmosphere of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• rātripa (king/husband)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine prasāda restores harmony and dignity; Devī’s truthfulness (satya-saṅkalpa) is affirmed as unfailing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Gaurī is praised as directly bestowing relational and social well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse itself gives a boon; the connected practice is Gaurī worship at Prabhāsa leading to Devī’s prasāda.