Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । एवं संस्तुवतस्तस्य पुरतस्तस्य चेतसा । प्रादुर्बभूव देवेशि जगच्चक्षुः सनातनः । उवाच परमं प्रीतो नारदं मुनिपुंगवम्

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | evaṃ saṃstuvatastasya puratastasya cetasā | prādurbabhūva deveśi jagaccakṣuḥ sanātanaḥ | uvāca paramaṃ prīto nāradaṃ munipuṃgavam

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า: โอ้เทวี เมื่อเขาสรรเสริญเช่นนั้นด้วยจิตแน่วแน่ เบื้องหน้าของเขาได้ปรากฏ “ดวงเนตรนิรันดร์ของโลก” ข้าแต่เทวี. พระองค์ทรงปีติยิ่ง แล้วตรัสแก่ นารท มุนิปุงควะ ผู้เลิศในหมู่นักพรต.

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘thus’)

• saṃstuvataḥ: of (him) who was praising
• saṃstuvataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃstu (स्तु धातु with सम्-उपसर्ग; वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘संस्तुवत्’ = praising

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• purataḥ: in front
• purataḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puratas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘in front’)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• cetasā: with (his) mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• prādur: manifestly; forth
• prādur: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prādur (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘manifestly/into view’)

• babhūva: appeared; became
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• deveśi: O queen of gods (Deveśī)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• jagat-cakṣuḥ: the eye of the world
• jagat-cakṣuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जगतः चक्षुः = eye of the world)

• sanātanaḥ: eternal
• sanātanaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying jagat-cakṣuḥ)

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

• paramam: exceedingly
• paramam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषणवत्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-प्रथमा/द्वितीया रूपम्, अत्र क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: ‘exceedingly’)

• prītaḥ: pleased
• prītaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (प्री धातु-क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• nāradaṃ: Nārada
• nāradaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• muni-puṃgavam: the foremost of sages
• muni-puṃgavam: Karma (Object apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां पुंगवः = best of sages)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara narrates to Devī: before the praising devotee, the Eternal Eye of the world (Sūrya/Paramātman in manifest form) suddenly appears, filling the space with light; the deity, pleased, addresses Nārada respectfully as a great sage.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Devī
• Sūrya (Jagaccakṣuḥ)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise with focused mind invites divine presence; devotion culminates in direct grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine manifestations validate the site’s promised spiritual fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (praise) with single-pointed mind (cetasā) as a means to obtain darśana and grace.