Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

शीघ्रमेष्यसि चात्रैव प्रतीहारत्वमाप्स्यसि । एवमुक्ते हृष्टरोमा वीरकः प्रणिपत्य ताम्

Transliteration

śīghrameṣyasi cātraiva pratīhāratvamāpsyasi | evamukte hṛṣṭaromā vīrakaḥ praṇipatya tām

Translation

“నీవు త్వరగా తిరిగి వస్తావు; ఇక్కడే ప్రతీహార (ద్వారపాలక) పదవిని పొందుతావు.” అని ఆమె చెప్పగానే ఆనందరోమాంచితుడైన వీరకుడు ఆమెకు ప్రణామం చేశాడు।

Word by Word

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• eṣyasi: you will come
• eṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘√इ’ = you will come

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed)

• pratīhāratvam: the office of a doorkeeper/attendant
• pratīhāratvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratīhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त; कर्म

• āpsyasi: you will obtain
• āpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘√आप्’ = you will obtain

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• ukte: when (this) was said
• ukte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘√वच्’ (said); सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः; लोके ‘उक्ते’ = when it was said (locative absolute)

• hṛṣṭa-romā: thrilled (with joy), hair standing on end
• hṛṣṭa-romā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + roman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (यस्य रोमाणि हृष्टानि) = one whose hairs are thrilled; ‘vīrakaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• vīrakaḥ: Vīraka
• vīrakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (gerund), ‘pra-ṇi-√pat’ = having bowed down/prostrated

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (to her)

Speaker

Devī/‘Mother’ figure addressing Vīraka (deduced from immediate dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered woman (or goddess/saint) pronounces a boon: ‘You will return quickly; here you will become the pratīhāra.’ Vīraka bows with goosebumps of joy, hands folded, in a threshold setting (gateway/doorway).

Characters & Entities

• Vīraka
• Devī (Mother)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine assurance and grace elevate the devotee; humility and reverence (praṇāma) are the proper response to a boon.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda/Arbudācala is the implied sacred setting of the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed here; the act emphasized is praṇipāta (prostration) expressing devotion and surrender.