Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

पुत्र तुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते जातस्त्वं निर्मलोऽधुना । दिव्यं ददामि ते चक्षुः पश्य मां विगतज्वरः

Transliteration

putra tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te jātastvaṃ nirmalo'dhunā | divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya māṃ vigatajvaraḥ

Translation

‘ดูลูกเอ๋ย เราพอพระทัย—ขอความสวัสดีจงมีแก่เจ้า บัดนี้เจ้าบริสุทธิ์แล้ว เราประทานทิพยจักษุแก่เจ้า จงมองเราโดยพ้นจากไข้แห่งทุกข์’

Word by Word

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ (तुष्) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asmi: I am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• bhadram: good fortune, auspiciousness
• bhadram: Sambandha (Benediction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक-प्रयोगः (benedictive nominal)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/Genitive or 4th/Dative), एकवचन; here dative/genitive sense 'for you/to you'

• jātaḥ: born, become
• jātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan (जन्) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषण

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nirmalaḥ: pure
• nirmalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of tvam)

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of cakṣuḥ)

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• cakṣuḥ: eye, vision
• cakṣuḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paśya: see
• paśya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vigata-jvaraḥ: free from fever/affliction
• vigata-jvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vigata (कृदन्त; vi-√gam (गम्) + क्त) + jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (बहुव्रीहि-भावेऽपि प्रयोगः): 'विगतः ज्वरः यस्य' (qualifying tvam)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), speaking to Dhruva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears before Dhruva, blessing him as ‘child’, declaring him purified, and touching/gesturing to grant divine sight; the devotee’s feverish distress dissolves into luminous calm.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Dhruva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion purifies the heart, God grants direct vision (darśana) and removes inner turmoil.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where Śiva’s darśana is portrayed as attainable through steadfast bhakti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse highlights divine bestowal of divya cakṣus as a fruit of devotion.