Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

श्वेतकेतुरथोवाच भक्तिं देहि सुनिश्चलाम् । स्थानेऽस्मिन्स्थीयतां देव यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो

Transliteration

śvetaketurathovāca bhaktiṃ dehi suniścalām | sthāne'sminsthīyatāṃ deva yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho

Translation

แล้วเศวตเกตุกล่าวว่า “ขอประทานภักติอันมั่นคงไม่หวั่นไหวแก่ข้าพเจ้า; และโอ้พระผู้เป็นเจ้า หากพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัยในข้าพเจ้า ขอทรงประทับ ณ สถานที่นี้เถิด”

Word by Word

• श्वेतकेतुः: Śvetaketu
• श्वेतकेतुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—श्वेतः केतुः (कर्मधारय)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/क्रमसूचक particle)

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

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुनिश्चलाम्: very steadfast
• सुनिश्चलाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिश्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘भक्तिम्’); समासः—सु + निश्चला (कर्मधारय)

• स्थाने: in (this) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘स्थाने’)

• स्थीयताम्: let (you) remain / may (it) be stayed
• स्थीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थे (let it be stayed)

• देव: O God
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to implied ‘त्वम्’)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मे: my, to me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śvetaketu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaketvīśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śvetaketu, hands folded, asks for unwavering devotion and requests the Lord to remain in that very spot; the liṅga and the sacred landscape frame the plea.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetaketu
• Śiva (Deva/Prabhu)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is steadfast bhakti and the living presence of the Lord at a sacred site for the welfare of future devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—Śvetaketu asks Śiva to remain established there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the verse expresses the bhakti-centered ideal boon and the desire for divine residence (sannidhya) at the kṣetra.