Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सर्वानुग्रहकर्त्ता च सर्वकामफलप्रदः । पुरा यत्रातपद्देवि तपो घोरं सुदुष्करम् । गुरुर्नामा ऋषिवरो देवदानवदुःसहम्

Transliteration

sarvānugrahakarttā ca sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ | purā yatrātapaddevi tapo ghoraṃ suduṣkaram | gururnāmā ṛṣivaro devadānavaduḥsaham

Translation

พระองค์ทรงเป็นผู้ประทานพระกรุณาแก่สรรพชีวิต และประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาอันชอบธรรมทั้งปวง ข้าแต่เทวี กาลก่อน ณ สถานที่นั้นเอง ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐนามว่า “คุรุ” ได้บำเพ็ญตบะอันดุเดือดและยากยิ่ง—แม้เทวดาและอสูรก็มิอาจทนได้

Word by Word

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• अनुग्रह: favor, grace
• अनुग्रह: Upapada (compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• कर्त्ता: doer, maker
• कर्त्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तृ (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वानुग्रहस्य कर्ता

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

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• काम: desire
• काम: Upapada (compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• फल: fruit, result
• फल: Upapada (compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• प्रदः: giver, bestower
• प्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) + क (कृत्) → प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सर्वकामफलस्य प्रदः

• पुरा: formerly, once
• पुरा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• आतपत्: performed austerity, practiced penance
• आतपत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-तप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• घोरम्: terrible, fierce
• घोरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषणम्

• सुदुष्करम्: very difficult
• सुदुष्करम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तपः-विशेषणम्; कर्मधारयः (सु + दुष्कर)

• गुरुः: Guru (name/title)
• गुरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning 'by name')

• ऋषिवरः: best of sages
• ऋषिवरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: वरः ऋषिः

• देव: god
• देव: Upapada (compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• दानव: demon
• दानव: Upapada (compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, समासपूर्वपदत्वेन अव्यक्तविभक्तिकम् (stem-form)

• दुःसहम्: unbearable, hard to withstand
• दुःसहम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःसह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: देवदानवैः दुःसहम् (by gods and demons hard to endure)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages; vocative 'devi' retained from embedded dialogue style (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tryambakeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra as Tryambakeśvara bestowing grace; nearby, Ṛṣi Guru stands or sits in severe austerity—matted hair, ash-smeared body—amid heat and hardship, suggesting tapas ‘intolerable to gods and demons’.

Characters & Entities

• Tryambakeśvara (implied)
• Guru (ṛṣi)
• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places gain enduring potency through tapas; Śiva’s grace there fulfills desires and uplifts all who approach with sincerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Tryambakeśvara vicinity in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, renowned as the ground of ṛṣi Guru’s severe tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is commanded here; the verse establishes the site’s power through the precedent of intense austerity performed there.