Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

शंकर उवाच । परितुष्टोऽस्मि ते वत्स स्तोत्रेणानेन शीतगो । वरं वरय भद्रं ते भूयो यत्ते मनोगतम्

Transliteration

śaṃkara uvāca | parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa stotreṇānena śītago | varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te bhūyo yatte manogatam

Translation

พระศังกรตรัสว่า: “ดูลูกรัก โอ้ศีตคะ (พระจันทร์) เราพอพระทัยยิ่งด้วยบทสรรเสริญนี้ จงเลือกพรเถิด ขอความเป็นมงคลจงมีแก่เจ้า—สิ่งใดที่ใจเจ้าปรารถนาอีก ก็จงขอมา”

Word by Word

• śaṃkaraḥ: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• parituṣṭaḥ: fully satisfied
• parituṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle) from √tuṣ with उपसर्ग ‘परि’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

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

• te: of you/for you
• te: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (genitive) / सम्भवतः चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन; अत्र सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धे ‘of/with respect to you’

• vatsa: dear child
• vatsa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• stotreṇa: by (this) hymn
• stotreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘by this’

• śītagaḥ: O cool-going one (moon)
• śītagaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta-ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘one who goes in/with coolness’ = moon

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• varaya: choose
• varaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; causative sense not intended—√vṛ ‘choose’

• bhadram: good (fortune)
• bhadram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे—‘good fortune’

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

• bhūyaḥ: again/further
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) अर्थे—‘again/further/moreover’

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धि—‘whatever/that which’

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• manogatam: in your mind/desired
• manogatam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—मनसि गतम् = ‘gone into the mind’

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra (Śītago)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara, serene and luminous, addresses Candra after a hymn; the liṅga stands nearby, with a sacred coastal landscape suggestive of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Śītago (Candra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Heartfelt stotra offered with devotion brings the Lord’s pleasure and the granting of blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a place where devotion swiftly ripens into Śiva’s grace and boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering a stotra (hymn) as devotional worship; the verse then introduces the boon-bestowal (vara-pradāna) moment.