Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 173

Devanagari script

स्कन्देन गजवक्त्रेण धनाध्यक्षेण संयुतः । अथ हासपरं देवं शनैः प्रोवाच तं शिवा

Transliteration

skandena gajavaktreṇa dhanādhyakṣeṇa saṃyutaḥ | atha hāsaparaṃ devaṃ śanaiḥ provāca taṃ śivā

Translation

พระองค์ทรงมีพระสกันทะ พร้อมด้วยพระคเณศผู้มีพักตร์เป็นช้าง และท้าวกุเบรเจ้าแห่งทรัพย์ร่วมอยู่ด้วย ครั้นพระศิวา (อุมา) เห็นเทพเจ้าทรงอารมณ์รื่นเริง จึงตรัสกับพระองค์อย่างแผ่วเบา

Word by Word

• स्कन्देन: with Skanda
• स्कन्देन: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/सह), एकवचन

• गजवक्त्रेण: with the elephant-faced one (Gaṇeśa)
• गजवक्त्रेण: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज-वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (गज इव वक्त्रं यस्य/गजस्य वक्त्रम्)

• धनाध्यक्षेण: with the lord of wealth (Kubera)
• धनाध्यक्षेण: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन-अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धनस्य अध्यक्षः)

• संयुतः: accompanied
• संयुतः: Karya/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘joined/attended’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (conj./adverb)

• हासपरम्: given to laughter/smiling
• हासपरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हास-पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/विशेषणार्थः ‘हासे परः’ (given to laughter)

• देवम्: the god (Śiva)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• शनैः: gently/slowly
• शनैः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘प्र + उवाच’

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शिवा: Śivā (Pārvatī)
• शिवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (transitioning into Umā’s speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva in a gentle, playful mood; Umā turns slightly toward him and speaks softly. Skanda stands youthful and radiant; Gaṇeśa with elephant face sits/stands nearby; Kubera, stout and jeweled, attends with yakṣa splendor; the court is intimate yet cosmic.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Gaṇeśa (Gajavaktra)
• Kubera (Dhanādhyakṣa)
• Śiva
• Umā/Śivā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred teaching often begins in intimate divine dialogue; devotion is framed through questions about pleasing the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate scene is Kailāsa; the broader discourse serves the Māhātmya of Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; it introduces the inquiry that will detail modes of pleasing Śiva.