Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तस्यैवं स्तुवतो देवि तुष्टोऽहं भावितात्मनः । पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रांते ध्रुवस्याह महात्मनः

Transliteration

tasyaivaṃ stuvato devi tuṣṭo'haṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ | pūrṇe varṣasahasrāṃte dhruvasyāha mahātmanaḥ

Translation

దేవీ, ఆ భావితాత్ముడు ఈ విధంగా స్తుతించగా నేను సంతుష్టుడనయ్యాను. పూర్తిగా వెయ్యేళ్లు గడిచిన తరువాత మహాత్మ ధ్రువునితో నేను మాటలాడాను।

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• stuvataḥ: of (him) praising
• stuvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 'स्तुवतः' = of (him) praising

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

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ (तुष्) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

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

• bhāvita-ātmanaḥ: of the purified/meditative-minded one
• bhāvita-ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvita (कृदन्त; √bhū/√bhāv (भाव्) + क्त) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः: 'भावितः आत्मा यस्य'

• pūrṇe: when completed
• pūrṇe: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सप्तमी-एकवचन; here with locative sense), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of varṣasahasrānte)

• varṣa-sahasra-ante: at the end of a thousand years
• varṣa-sahasra-ante: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: 'वर्षसहस्रस्य अन्ते'

• dhruvasya: of Dhruva
• dhruvasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva narrates to Devī: after a thousand-year cycle of Dhruva’s praise, the deity becomes pleased and prepares to speak; the scene alternates between cosmic narration and the ascetic’s steadfast worship.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Dhruva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady praise and inner purification ripen into divine grace; Śiva responds when devotion becomes complete.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), presented as a place where prolonged devotion bears direct fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on sustained stuti (praise) and tapas over time.