Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

सिंहस्थस्य प्रसादं ते करिष्ये मुक्तिहेतवे । सुराष्ट्रदेशे भविता सिंहो रैवतके गिरौ

Transliteration

siṃhasthasya prasādaṃ te kariṣye muktihetave | surāṣṭradeśe bhavitā siṃho raivatake girau

Translation

เมื่อเจ้าตั้งมั่นเป็นราชสีห์แล้ว เราจักประทานพระกรุณาเพื่อเหตุแห่งโมกษะ แผ่นดินสุราษฏระ เจ้าจักเป็นราชสีห์บนเขาไรเวตกะ

Word by Word

• सिंहस्थस्य: of (one) situated as a lion / in lion-state
• सिंहस्थस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सिंहे स्थितः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रसादम्: favor/grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• करिष्ये: I will do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मुक्तिहेतवे: for the cause of liberation
• मुक्तिहेतवे: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुक्तेः हेतु:); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: in the Surāṣṭra region
• सुराष्ट्रदेशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराष्ट्रस्य देशः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भविता: will be/become
• भविता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भवितृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Agent noun used as periphrastic future); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रैवतके: on Raivataka
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣi (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (contextual) / Raivataka-giri (scene locus)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sage pronounces a boon of liberation, foretelling the hunter’s rebirth as a lion on Raivataka; the mountain rises behind with forested slopes and sacred aura.

Characters & Entities

• Surāṣṭra
• Raivataka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after a curse, divine or sage-granted grace can orient the soul toward mukti, often through a destined sacred location.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Raivataka in Surāṣṭra is named, embedding liberation-narrative into sacred geography—a hallmark of Skanda Purana Māhātmyas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse points to place-linked grace leading toward liberation.