Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

ततो भगवती प्राह प्रहसंती महेश्वरम् । त्वमेव जगतः स्रष्टा संहर्ता चैव रक्षकः

Transliteration

tato bhagavatī prāha prahasaṃtī maheśvaram | tvameva jagataḥ sraṣṭā saṃhartā caiva rakṣakaḥ

Translation

แล้วพระเทวีผู้เป็นภควตีทรงแย้มสรวล ตรัสแก่พระมหेशวรว่า “พระองค์เท่านั้นเป็นผู้สร้างโลก ผู้ทำลาย และผู้พิทักษ์รักษา”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereupon’

• भगवती: the Goddess
• भगवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्/भगवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रहसन्ती: smiling/laughing
• प्रहसन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of भगवती)

• महेश्वरम्: to Mahēśvara
• महेश्वरम्: Sampradana (Addressee/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• स्रष्टा: creator
• स्रष्टा: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संहर्ता: destroyer
• संहर्ता: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-हृ (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: तृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• रक्षकः: protector
• रक्षकः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) + ण्वुल्/अक (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārvatī (Bhagavatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, smiling gently, addresses Maheśvara with a hymn-like declaration of his cosmic functions; the setting evokes a sacred kṣetra atmosphere with attendant devas in reverent stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is affirmed as the ultimate ground of cosmic functions—creation, protection, and dissolution—worthy of complete surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; it is a theological proclamation supporting devotion at the sacred site.