Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्य उवाच । भगवन्देवदेवेश मम तुष्टो यदि प्रभो । ज्ञानयोगं हि मे देहि यः संसारनिकृन्तनम्

Transliteration

jaigīṣavya uvāca | bhagavandevadeveśa mama tuṣṭo yadi prabho | jñānayogaṃ hi me dehi yaḥ saṃsāranikṛntanam

Translation

ไชคีษวยะกล่าวว่า: “ข้าแต่พระภควาน ผู้เป็นเทพเหนือเทพ หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัยในข้าพเจ้า ขอประทานญาณโยคะแก่ข้าพเจ้า อันตัดขาดพันธนาการแห่งสังสารวัฏ”

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्यः: Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaigīṣavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd person singular ‘said’

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of the gods of gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular; तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः तेषां ईशः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘my’

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘pleased’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय — conditional particle ‘if’

• प्रभो: O master
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular

• ज्ञानयोगम्: the yoga of knowledge
• ज्ञानयोगम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna-yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञानस्य योगः / ज्ञानरूपः योगः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — emphatic particle ‘indeed’

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative singular ‘to me’

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा-धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative ‘give’

• यः: which
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; सम्बन्धे ‘which/that’

• संसारनिकृन्तनम्: that cuts off transmigration
• संसारनिकृन्तनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra-nikṛntana (प्रातिपदिक; nikṛntana from ni-√kṛt)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular used adjectivally; तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य निकृन्तनम् = cutter of saṃsāra)

Speaker

Jaigīṣavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (Jaigīṣavya) stands in reverent posture before Mahādeva in a luminous tīrtha landscape of Prabhāsa—sea-breeze, temple silhouettes, and a calm, ascetic atmosphere; the sage asks for jñāna-yoga that severs worldly bondage.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is not worldly gain but jñāna-yoga—wisdom that severs attachment and ends saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a field where devotion matures into liberation-seeking knowledge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the requested ‘practice’ is jñāna-yoga aimed at freedom from saṃsāra.