Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य सा देवी शंकरप्रिया । विनिंद्य पितरं दक्षं ध्यात्वा देवं महेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tasya tadvākyamākarṇya sā devī śaṃkarapriyā | viniṃdya pitaraṃ dakṣaṃ dhyātvā devaṃ maheśvaram

Translation

ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำนั้น เทวีผู้เป็นที่รักของศังกระได้ตำหนิบิดาคือทักษะ แล้วเพ่งภาวนาต่อพระมหेशวร ตั้งจิตไว้แต่พระศิวะเพียงองค์เดียว

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; वाक्यम्-विशेषण

• vākyam: speech/words
• vākyam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• ākarṇya: having heard
• ākarṇya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘आकर्ण्य’ = ‘श्रुत्वा/आकर्ण्य’ (having heard)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• śaṃkara-priyā: beloved of Śaṅkara
• śaṃkara-priyā: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक) + priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘शंकरस्य प्रिया’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• viniṃdya: having censured
• viniṃdya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√nind (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘निन्दित्वा’

• pitaram: father
• pitaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• dakṣam: Dakṣa
• dakṣam: Apposition to object (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेष्य-समानााधिकरणे पितरम्

• dhyātvā: having meditated on
• dhyātvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhyai (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Apposition to object (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; देवम्-समानााधिकरण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Satī, serene yet firm, turns away from Dakṣa; her gaze becomes inward as she meditates on Maheśvara, with a subtle aura or liṅga-vision indicating her fixed mind.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Satī)
• Śaṅkara
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unwavering devotion to Śiva and dharmic refusal to support blasphemy, even when it comes from one’s own family.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative occurs within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, framing the episode as part of the sacred greatness of this kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it emphasizes inner worship—dhyāna (meditation) on Maheśvara.