Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

भगवन्सर्वदेवेश ममानुग्रहकाम्यया । प्रतिष्ठायज्ञकामस्य ममातिथ्यं कुरु प्रभो

Transliteration

bhagavansarvadeveśa mamānugrahakāmyayā | pratiṣṭhāyajñakāmasya mamātithyaṃ kuru prabho

Translation

హే భగవన్, సర్వదేవేశ్వరా! నీ అనుగ్రహాన్ని కోరుతూ, ప్రతిష్ఠాయజ్ఞం చేయదలచి, హే ప్రభో, నా అతిథ్యాన్ని స్వీకరించుము।

Word by Word

• bhagavan: O Blessed Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (भगवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sarva: all
• sarva: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (first member), अव्यक्त-विभक्ति in compound

• deva: gods
• deva: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (middle member)

• īśa: O Lord of all gods
• īśa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास: sarva-deva-īśa = ‘lord of all gods’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• anugraha: favor, grace
• anugraha: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (first member)

• kāmyayā: with the desire (for)
• kāmyayā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: anugraha-kāmya = ‘desire for grace’

• pratiṣṭhā: installation, consecration
• pratiṣṭhā: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (first member)

• yajña: sacrifice, rite
• yajña: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (middle member)

• kāmasya: of (me) who desires
• kāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: pratiṣṭhā-yajña-kāma = ‘one desiring the installation-sacrifice’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ātithyam: hospitality
• ātithyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātithya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kuru: do, perform
• kuru: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रभु-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Candra (Soma)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somēśvara (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted patron/sage stands with folded hands before Brahmā (or a divine assembly), requesting grace and inviting him to accept hospitality for a forthcoming pratiṣṭhā-yajña at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Soma)
• Sarvadeveśa (addressed lord)
• pratiṣṭhā-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is sought through humility and dharmic hospitality; sacred consecrations are grounded in devotion and proper conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Soma prepares for a consecration rite connected to Someshvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The intention to perform a pratiṣṭhā-yajña (rite of establishment/consecration), preceded by ātithya (honoring the honored guest).