Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

भीमोनाम नृपश्रेष्ठ दमयन्तीपिता हि यः । तं प्रभावं हि विज्ञाय सक्तूनां तत्र पर्वते

Transliteration

bhīmonāma nṛpaśreṣṭha damayantīpitā hi yaḥ | taṃ prabhāvaṃ hi vijñāya saktūnāṃ tatra parvate

Translation

พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐนั้นมีนามว่า ภีมะ เป็นบิดาของนางทมยันตี ครั้นทรงทราบอานุภาพอันอัศจรรย์ของสักตุ ณ ภูเขานั้นแล้ว

Word by Word

• bhīmaḥ: Bhīma
• bhīmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Visheshana (Appositive marker/विशेषण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘by name/namely’

• nṛpaśreṣṭha: O best of kings
• nṛpaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः

• damayantīpitā: Damayantī’s father
• damayantīpitā: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: damayantī + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: दमयन्त्याः पिता

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): indeed/for

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prabhāvam: power, efficacy
• prabhāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): indeed

• vijñāya: having understood
• vijñāya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) with vi-: ‘having known/understood’

• saktūnām: of parched grain/flour-balls
• saktūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saktu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): there

• parvate: on the mountain
• parvate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara-sannidhi on Arbudācala

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal pilgrim-king Bhīma, father of Damayantī, arrives at the sacred Arbuda mountain and perceives the mysterious potency of humble saktu in that place.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma (king of Vidarbha)
• Damayantī
• parvata (mountain/Arbuda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognizing the spiritual potency of a sacred place and a simple offering can reshape a ruler’s lifelong dharmic practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘mountain’ refers to the Arbuda sacred mountain-region, within which Acaleśvara’s vicinity is later highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse introduces the idea of saktu’s prabhāva (efficacy), preparing for the recurring annual observance described next.