Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य महादेवि सम्यक्छ्रद्धान्वि तस्य वै । तुतोष भगवान्रुद्रो ददौ यन्मनसीप्सितम्

Transliteration

tatastasya mahādevi samyakchraddhānvi tasya vai | tutoṣa bhagavānrudro dadau yanmanasīpsitam

Translation

แล้วนั้น โอ้มหาเทวี ด้วยทรงพอพระทัยในศรัทธาอันแท้จริงและมั่นคงของเขา พระภควานรุทระจึงประทานสิ่งที่เขาปรารถนาในดวงใจ

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (properly, fully)

• श्रद्धा-अन्वितस्य: of one endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-अन्वितस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तस्य)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पदार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

• तुतोष: was pleased
• तुतोष: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (भगवान्) समानाधिकरणम्

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• मनसि: in (his) mind
• मनसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• ईप्सितम्: desired, wished-for
• ईप्सितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईप्सित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आप्/ईप्स्)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (यत्) विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāseśvara/Āgneya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, pleased by the devotee’s true faith, grants the heart’s desire—depictable as a theophany over the liṅga, with the devotee receiving a boon in serene awe.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Rudra)
• Pārvatī (Mahādevī)
• Prabhāsa (devotee)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā (steady faith) joined with disciplined practice invites divine satisfaction and the granting of rightful aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where devotion and tapas culminate in Rudra’s boon.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it emphasizes śraddhā as the inner qualification that makes worship and tapas fruitful.