Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वमशेषेण दयां कृत्वा जगत्पते । ममाचक्ष्व विरूपाक्ष यद्यहं ते प्रिया हर

Transliteration

etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa dayāṃ kṛtvā jagatpate | mamācakṣva virūpākṣa yadyahaṃ te priyā hara

Translation

ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งโลก โปรดเมตตาเล่าทั้งหมดนี้แก่ข้าพเจ้าโดยไม่ให้ขาดตกบกพร่อง ข้าแต่วิรูปากษะ ข้าแต่หระ หากข้าพเจ้าเป็นที่รักของพระองค์ ก็ขอทรงอธิบายให้ข้าพเจ้าด้วยเถิด

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम (विशेषण)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अशेषेण: completely, without remainder
• अशेषेण: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (instrumental used adverbially); प्रकारवाचक (in full, without remainder)

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done / showing
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• जगत्पते: O Lord of the world
• जगत्पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आचक्ष्व: tell, explain
• आचक्ष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• विरूपाक्ष: O Virūpākṣa (odd-eyed one)
• विरूपाक्ष: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (विरूपे अक्षिणी यस्य)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तबोधक (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिया: dear, beloved
• प्रिया: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (स्त्री)

• हर: O Hara (Śiva)
• हर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī) to Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādeva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī appeals to Śiva—Virūpākṣa, Hara—asking him to tell everything completely out of compassion, invoking her dearness to him; intimate devotional dialogue with softened expressions.

Characters & Entities

• Jagatpati (Śiva)
• Virūpākṣa
• Hara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is requested with humility and received through divine compassion; devotion opens the way to understanding tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing context is Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse frames the request for its detailed sacred account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a devotional request for complete instruction.