Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुता सुरैर्देवि प्रणम्य ऋषिभिस्तथा । उवाच हसती वाक्यं वृणुध्वं वरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutā surairdevi praṇamya ṛṣibhistathā | uvāca hasatī vākyaṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ varamuttamam

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อเหล่าเทพสรรเสริญ และเหล่าฤๅษีนอบน้อมแล้ว เทวีก็แย้มสรวลตรัสว่า: “จงเลือกพรอันประเสริฐเถิด”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• स्तुता: praised
• स्तुता: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; देवीविशेषणम्

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• ऋषिभिः: by the sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हसती: smiling/laughing
• हसती: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम्

• वाक्यम्: a statement/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वृणुध्वम्: choose (you all)
• वृणुध्वम्: Kriya (Injunctive command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु; वृणोति = choose)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: best/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वर-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, pleased, smiles gently; devas and sages remain bowed. The moment is suspended—her lips part to speak, offering the ‘uttama vara’ as light pours over the assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devas
• Ṛṣis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Praise and humility (stuti and praṇāma) culminate in divine grace; the Goddess responds by opening the door to boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a living field of divine presence where gods and sages obtain direct response from Devī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (hymn) and praṇāma (reverent bowing) as means to receive grace; explicit vratas come later.