Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्त्र्युवाच । साऽहं ते दयिता कान्त तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । दिव्यरूपमिदं प्राप्ता देवैरपि सुदुर्लभम्

Transliteration

stryuvāca | sā'haṃ te dayitā kānta tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | divyarūpamidaṃ prāptā devairapi sudurlabham

Translation

สตรีนั้นกล่าวว่า: “โอ้สามีผู้เป็นที่รัก ข้านี่เองคือผู้เป็นที่รักของท่าน ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตีรถะศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ ข้าได้บรรลุรูปทิพย์นี้ ซึ่งแม้เหล่าเทวะก็ยากยิ่งจะได้มา”

Word by Word

• स्त्री: the woman
• स्त्री: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश (speaker tag)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दयिता: beloved (wife)
• दयिता: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दयिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कान्त: O beloved
• कान्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘प्रभावतः’ = by virtue of/from the power (because of)

• दिव्यरूपम्: a divine form
• दिव्यरूपम्: Karma (Object of ‘prāptā’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्राप्ता: have obtained
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्ता’ = have obtained

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana/Agent-in-passive (By whom/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = even/also

• सुदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies दिव्यरूपम्)

Speaker

Strī (the devoted wife)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (jalāśaya/niḥjhara)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (within the internal narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The woman reveals herself as the beloved wife, now radiant with a divine, luminous form, declaring the tīrtha’s power; the husband stands astonished, grief turning to wonder.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely symbolic; its sanctity is described as spiritually transformative, capable of granting rare divine uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred tīrtha/spring within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), praised for its extraordinary potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, reverent contact with the tīrtha—especially bathing—through which the divine state is attained.