Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्य तुष्टो महादेवो ग्रह त्वं प्रददौ प्रिये । एकादशशतानां च ग्रहाणामाधिपत्यताम्

Transliteration

tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo graha tvaṃ pradadau priye | ekādaśaśatānāṃ ca grahāṇāmādhipatyatām

Translation

เมื่อทรงพอพระทัยในเขา มหาเทวะได้ประทานแก่ท่าน โอ้ที่รัก สถานะเป็น ‘เคราะห์’ (graha) และยังประทานความเป็นใหญ่เหนือกำลังเคราะห์หนึ่งพันหนึ่งร้อยประการ

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of him”

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तुष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “pleased”

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक: महा + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “Mahādeva”

• ग्रह: O planet-deity
• ग्रह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — “O Graha”

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “you”

• प्रददौ: bestowed
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — “gave/bestowed”

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — “O beloved”

• एकादश: eleven
• एकादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (in compound) — “eleven”

• शतानाम्: of hundreds
• शतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — “of hundreds”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ग्रहाणाम्: of planets
• ग्रहाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — “of planets”

• आधिपत्यताम्: lordship
• आधिपत्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — “lordship/sovereignty”

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a देवी as 'priye')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Ketu-liṅga context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva appears at Prabhāsa, granting Ketu the status of a graha and lordship over many planetary forces; Śiva’s hand in varada-mudrā, Ketu kneeling with smoke-grey aura and comet emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is the supreme source of authority—even the grahas receive their power and jurisdiction by His grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), where graha-related Śiva-liṅgas are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it explains the divine bestowal of graha-status and lordship.