Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

किं ते फलं सुरश्रेष्ठ जगद्व्यामोहने कृते

Transliteration

kiṃ te phalaṃ suraśreṣṭha jagadvyāmohane kṛte

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่งในหมู่เทพ การทำให้โลกหลงมัวเมานั้น ท่านได้ผลประโยชน์อันใดเล่า?

Word by Word

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (your) / वैकल्पिके चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; सुर + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (among gods, the best)

• जगद्व्यामोहने: in/with regard to deluding the world
• जगद्व्यामोहने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-व्यामोहन (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + व्यामोहन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (of the world + delusion)

• कृते: when done/after doing
• कृते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; कृ धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; लोके 'कृते' = 'when done/after being done'

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī asks Śiva directly: what gain is there for you in deluding the world? The moment is charged with philosophical wonder—an intimate, pointed question to the ‘best of gods’.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It raises the dharmic question of divine purpose behind delusion, preparing for a deeper teaching on liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narration, where insight is paired with tīrtha merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an inquiry prompting doctrinal clarification.