Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

प्राह तां च महादेवो दासोऽस्मि तव शोभने । तपोद्रव्येण क्रीतश्च समादिश यथेप्सितम्

Transliteration

prāha tāṃ ca mahādevo dāso'smi tava śobhane | tapodravyeṇa krītaśca samādiśa yathepsitam

Translation

พระมหาเทพตรัสแก่นางว่า “โอ้ผู้เลอโฉม เราเป็นทาสรับใช้ของเจ้า; ด้วยทรัพย์แห่งบุญจากตบะของเจ้า ประหนึ่งเราได้ถูก ‘ซื้อ’ ไว้แล้ว จงมีบัญชาแก่เราตามปรารถนาเถิด”

Word by Word

• प्राह: said/spoke
• प्राह: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• दासः: servant
• दासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• शोभने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तपोद्रव्येण: by the wealth/means of austerity
• तपोद्रव्येण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• क्रीतः: bought/purchased
• क्रीतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्री (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• समादिश: command/ordain
• समादिश: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: as/how)

• ईप्सितम्: the desired (thing)
• ईप्सितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईप्सित (प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Mahādeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himācala-tapas-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks with gentle humility to Devī, acknowledging her tapas as a treasure that has ‘won’ him; an intimate, reverent exchange in a Himalayan hermitage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva
• Umā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and sincere devotion become spiritual ‘wealth’ that draws divine grace—Śiva portrays himself as willingly bound by the merit of austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; this verse teaches the inner dharma of tapas and divine responsiveness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is praised as efficacious, though no specific vow or procedure is detailed.