Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे राजन्देवदेवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

ityuktvāṃtardadhe rājandevadevo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว โอ้พระราชา มเหศวร ผู้เป็นเทพแห่งเทพทั้งหลาย ก็อันตรธานหายไปจากสายตา

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• देवदेवः: lord of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवदेवस्य अपि विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Pulastya continuing the account to the King)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva, after speaking, dissolves into a column of light or fades into the sky; the king and attendants remain with hands folded, the riverbank still shimmering; a lingering aura marks the spot where the deity stood.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Devadeva
• King (Rājan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction is presented as complete and authoritative; the deity withdraws after establishing the tīrtha’s merits and rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The preceding tīrtha context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa Adhyāya 10 (Sarasvatī/saṅgama merits).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it functions as a narrative closure to the prior injunctions.