Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आहूता देव देवेन ह्यचलेश्वररूपिणा । हरेण रभसा राजन्यत्पुरा कथितं तव

Transliteration

āhūtā deva devena hyacaleśvararūpiṇā | hareṇa rabhasā rājanyatpurā kathitaṃ tava

Translation

ఓ రాజా, దేవదేవుడైన హరి అచలేశ్వర రూపాన్ని ధరించి, ముందుగా నీకు చెప్పినట్లే, గంగను వేగంగా ఆహ్వానించాడు.

Word by Word

• आहूता: was summoned/called
• आहूता: Kriya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (गङ्गा इति पूर्वश्लोकसंबद्धा)

• देव: O god / O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः (emphatic/causal particle)

• अचलेश्वररूपिणा: in the form of Acaleśvara
• अचलेश्वररूपिणा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; 'अचलेश्वरस्य रूपी' इति; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; (देवेन इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• हरेण: by Hari (Śiva/Viṣṇu as context)
• हरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• रभसा: with force/haste
• रभसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रभस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक—वेगेन (with force/haste)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• कथितम्: was told
• कथितम्: Kriya/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र 'यत्' इत्यस्य विधेयम् (was told)

• तव: to you
• तव: Sampradana/Sambandha (to you/of you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into Adhyāya 62: “pulastyasya uvāca”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgādhara Tīrtha (linked to Acaleśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (unnamed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, hailed as deva-deva, manifests as Acaleśvara in a mountain shrine and summons Gaṅgā; the king is reminded that this was told earlier.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Acaleśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion actively calls beings toward sacred places and realizations, even through assumed forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding context is the Gaṅgādhara-tīrtha-māhātmya in Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets narrative context for the tīrtha’s greatness.