Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

क्षंतव्यं देवदेवेश कृतं यन्मूढमानसैः । त्वत्प्रसादात्सुरेशान तत्त्वं सानुग्रहो भव

Transliteration

kṣaṃtavyaṃ devadeveśa kṛtaṃ yanmūḍhamānasaiḥ | tvatprasādātsureśāna tattvaṃ sānugraho bhava

Translation

ข้าแต่เทพเหนือเทพ โปรดทรงอภัยสิ่งที่จิตอันหลงเขลาของเรากระทำไป ข้าแต่จอมแห่งทวยเทพ ด้วยพระกรุณาของพระองค์ โปรดทรงเมตตาและประทานอนุเคราะห์แก่ข้าพเจ้าทั้งหลายโดยแท้

Word by Word

• kṣantavyam: to be forgiven
• kṣantavyam: Kriyā (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣantavya (प्रातिपदिक) < √kṣam (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be forgiven/endured’)

• deva-deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deva-deveśa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānām īśaḥ)

• kṛtam: done, committed
• kṛtam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle)

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

• mūḍha-mānasaiḥ: by those of deluded minds
• mūḍha-mānasaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūḍha (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (mūḍhaṃ mānasam yeṣām)

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• sur-eśāna: O Lord of the gods
• sur-eśāna: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (surāṇām īśānaḥ)

• tattvam: truth, reality
• tattvam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sa-anugrahaḥ: gracious, with favor
• sa-anugrahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुषः

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Tapodhana sages (prayer to Rudra/Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of sages with folded hands plead for forgiveness before a radiant, formless yet felt presence of Śiva; the atmosphere is penitential, with subdued light and sacred coastal air of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeveśa (Śiva)
• Sureśāna (Lord of devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the spiritually advanced seek kṣamā (forgiveness); humility and reliance on Śiva’s anugraha restore dharmic clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where confession and divine mercy are presented as integral to the kṣetra’s salvific power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse models devotional repentance and supplication to Śiva.