Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ते वचने देव्या प्रोवाचेदं महेश्वरः

Transliteration

ityukte vacane devyā provācedaṃ maheśvaraḥ

Translation

เมื่อเทวีตรัสดังนี้แล้ว มาเหศวรจึงตรัสตอบด้วยถ้อยคำดังต่อไปนี้

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• उक्ते: when (it was) said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac/√brū (वच्/ब्रू) → उक्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• वचने: in the speech; in the words
• वचने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सहचर (in the words/speech)

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator introducing Śiva’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poised moment: Devī has asked; Śiva prepares to speak, his face calm, the sacred air charged with impending revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Maheśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred dialogue (saṃvāda) is presented as a vehicle for revealing dharma and the glory of Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), the famed Śaiva sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces Śiva’s forthcoming teaching.