Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । अप्रमाणं भवद्वाक्यं भास्करोऽपि करिष्यति । वृथा क्लेशो भवेदस्याः प्रभायाः परमेश्वर

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | apramāṇaṃ bhavadvākyaṃ bhāskaro'pi kariṣyati | vṛthā kleśo bhavedasyāḥ prabhāyāḥ parameśvara

Translation

ปารวตีทูลว่า: “ข้าแต่ปรเมศวร แม้ภาสกรก็จักทำให้พระวาจาของพระองค์ไร้อำนาจ แล้วความทุกข์ทั้งปวงของประภาก็จักสูญเปล่า”

Word by Word

• pārvatī: Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine nominative singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• apramāṇam: not valid/unauthoritative
• apramāṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective: 'not authoritative')

• bhavat: your
• bhavat: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भवत्-शब्द, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (your)

• vākyam: statement/word
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विधेय (statement)

• bhāskaraḥ: Bhāskara (the Sun)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vṛthā: in vain
• vṛthā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vṛthā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: 'in vain')

• kleśaḥ: distress/affliction
• kleśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kleśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhavet: would be/might be
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asyāḥ: of her
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular: 'of her')

• prabhāyāḥ: of Prabhā
• prabhāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• parameśvara: O Supreme Lord
• parameśvara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (episode locus)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī questions Śiva: if Sūrya can negate your word, Prabhā’s suffering becomes pointless—an intense but respectful divine dialogue.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Umā)
• Parameśvara (Śiva)
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Prabhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine promises (Śiva’s word) should not be rendered ineffective; dharma includes ensuring that sincere effort and austerity are not made fruitless.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The passage leads into the Prabhāseśa tīrtha/Prabhāseśa-liṅga narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here; it sets the ethical-theological context for later tīrtha merit and observances.