Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

देवादेशात्समायाता न निरोध्या गिरे त्वया । एवमुक्ते गिरिः प्राह तां देवीं सुमनोरमाम्

Transliteration

devādeśātsamāyātā na nirodhyā gire tvayā | evamukte giriḥ prāha tāṃ devīṃ sumanoramām

Translation

“ข้าพเจ้ามาตามพระบัญชาของเหล่าเทวะ โอ้ภูผา ท่านอย่าขวางข้าเลย” ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว ภูผาก็กล่าวกับพระเทวีผู้เลอโฉมนั้น

Word by Word

• देवादेशात्: from the gods’ command
• देवादेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘देवानाम् आदेशः’; पञ्चमी (5th case, ablative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘from the gods’ command’

• समायाता: having come
• समायाता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; (refers to देवी) ‘having come’

• न: not
• न: Kriya-nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle): negation

• निरोध्या: to be restrained / stoppable
• निरोध्या: Karya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-√रुध् (धातु) → निरोध्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/gerundive ‘to be restrained’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• गिरे: O mountain
• गिरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम/pronoun; तृतीया (3rd case, instrumental), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus’

• उक्ते: when this was said
• उक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); सति-सप्तमी: सप्तमी, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘when (it was) said’

• गिरिः: the mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम/pronoun; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• सुमनोरमाम्: very charming
• सुमनोरमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मनोहर/रम (प्रातिपदिक) → मनोरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘सु-मनोरमा’ = ‘अत्यन्तं मनोरमा’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देवीम् विशेषयति

Speaker

Sarasvatī (Devī), then the Mountain responds

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sarasvatī episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī, radiant and forceful, declares she has come by the gods’ command; the mountain, personified, listens and prepares to respond—two cosmic powers in respectful confrontation amid roaring waters and looming rock.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī (Devī)
• Devas (gods)
• Personified Mountain (Giri/Parvata)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine commission (deva-ājñā) is presented as a higher dharma that should not be impeded by worldly or local powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the sacred setting in which even mountains and routes become part of the holy drama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes authority and right of passage grounded in divine command.