Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

पुनश्च तव विप्रर्षे अजेयत्वं च योगिभिः । इच्छतो दर्शनं चैव भविष्यति च ते मम

Transliteration

punaśca tava viprarṣe ajeyatvaṃ ca yogibhiḥ | icchato darśanaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati ca te mama

Translation

ยิ่งกว่านั้น โอพราหมณ์ฤๅษี ท่านจักเป็นผู้มิอาจถูกพิชิตได้ แม้โดยเหล่าโยคี; และเมื่อใดท่านปรารถนา ทัศนะอันเป็น “ทัรศนะ” ของเราจักบังเกิดแก่ท่านแน่นอน

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (your)

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक; संबोधन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (vipraḥ ca ṛṣiḥ ca—‘O brahmin-sage’)

• अजेयत्वम्: invincibility
• अजेयत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-जेय-त्व (प्रातिपदिक; घटकौ: अजेय + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक-त्वान्त (state of being unconquerable)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• योगिभिः: by yogis
• योगिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• इच्छतः: of (you) desiring
• इच्छतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन/द्विवचन (genitive: ‘of one who desires’)

• दर्शनम्: vision/sight
• दर्शनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/only)

• भविष्यति: will be/occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (to you)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (my/of me)

Speaker

Śiva (Deva/Deveśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity grants boons to a brahmin-sage; the sage stands with folded hands as a radiant divine form promises unconquerability and ready darśana, with the aura of a coastal sacred field in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yogins
• Darśana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace grants both protection and intimate accessibility—Śiva becomes directly available through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the setting where such boons are declared in the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse states boons: invincibility and Śiva’s darśana upon desire.