Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच । यदि तुष्टासि मे देवि शाश्वते भक्तिवत्सले । अत्रैव स्थीयतां तावत्स्वर्गे यावदहं विभुः

Transliteration

indra uvāca | yadi tuṣṭāsi me devi śāśvate bhaktivatsale | atraiva sthīyatāṃ tāvatsvarge yāvadahaṃ vibhuḥ

Translation

ఇంద్రుడు పలికెను—హే దేవీ, నీవు నాపై ప్రసన్నురాలైతే, శాశ్వతీ భక్తవత్సలే, నేను స్వర్గాధిపతిగా ఉన్నంతకాలం ఇక్కడే నివసించుము।

Word by Word

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तवाचक (conditional particle)

• tuṣṭā: pleased
• tuṣṭā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• asi: you are
• asi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: of me/to me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• śāśvate: O eternal one
• śāśvate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śāśvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhaktivatsale: O one affectionate to devotees
• bhaktivatsale: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti + vatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भक्तेः वत्सला)

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

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• sthīyatām: let (you) remain
• sthīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive: 'let it be stayed')

• tāvat: so long
• tāvat: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधिवाचक (for so long)

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिवाचक (until/as long as)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aham (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vibhuḥ: mighty, sovereign
• vibhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-sthāna at Arbuda (as framed in Arbudakhaṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, hands folded, addresses the eternal Devī, requesting her to remain in that sacred locale as long as his sovereignty in heaven endures; devas stand in attendance.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial power seeks the stabilizing presence of the Divine Mother; devotion culminates in the wish for enduring divine proximity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request supports the chapter’s theme of the Goddess’s abiding presence connected with Varaparvata/Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual prescription is mentioned in this verse.