Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

देवदेव जगन्नाथ भक्तानुग्रहकारक । संशयो हृदि मे कश्चित्तं भवाञ्छेत्तुमर्हति

Transliteration

devadeva jagannātha bhaktānugrahakāraka | saṃśayo hṛdi me kaścittaṃ bhavāñchettumarhati

Translation

โอ้เทวะเหนือเทวะ เจ้าแห่งโลก ผู้ประทานพระกรุณาแก่ภักตะทั้งหลาย ในดวงใจข้ามีความสงสัยประการหนึ่ง; พระองค์ทรงควรตัดมันให้สิ้นไป

Word by Word

• देवदेव: O god of gods
• देवदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (देवः एव देवः)

• जगन्नाथ: O lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• भक्तानुग्रहकारक: O maker of grace to devotees
• भक्तानुग्रहकारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भक्तानाम् अनुग्रहस्य कारकः)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हृदि: in (my) heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कश्चित्: some
• कश्चित्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भवान्: you (hon.)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-सर्वनाम

• छेत्तुम्: to cut off / dispel
• छेत्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्तः, अव्यय-भावे (infinitive); अर्थः—कर्तुं शक्य/इच्छा

• अर्हति: is able / ought
• अर्हति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Somēśvara at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devadeva/Śiva (Somēśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, earnest and humble, addresses Śiva/Somēśvara: her posture conveys devotion and a tender anxiety; the Lord appears compassionate, poised to instruct.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva (Śiva)
• Jagannātha
• Bhakta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual life includes sincere questioning; the compassionate Lord is invoked as the remover of inner doubt and confusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dialogue occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya framework, continuing the glorification of Somēśvara at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a devotional-epistemic request for clarification.