Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता त्रिनेत्रेण परितुष्टा सुरेश्वरी । आलापं पतिना चक्रे सार्द्धं हर्षसमन्विता

Transliteration

evamuktā trinetreṇa parituṣṭā sureśvarī | ālāpaṃ patinā cakre sārddhaṃ harṣasamanvitā

Translation

Nang siya’y kausapin nang gayon ng Panginoong Tatlong-Mata, ang Diyosa—lubhang nalugod—ay nakipag-usap sa kanyang asawa, puspos ng galak.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्ता: (she) having been addressed
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘having been spoken to’

• त्रिनेत्रेण: by the three-eyed one (Śiva)
• त्रिनेत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (‘three-eyed’ = Śiva)

• परितुष्टा: fully pleased
• परितुष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘fully pleased’

• सुरेश्वरी: the goddess, lady of the gods
• सुरेश्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘lady of the gods’)

• आलापम्: conversation / speech
• आलापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आलाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• पतिना: with (her) husband
• पतिना: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन

• चक्रे: she did / held
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सार्द्धम्: together (with)
• सार्द्धम्: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्द्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: ‘together with’)

• हर्षसमन्विता: endowed with joy
• हर्षसमन्विता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; from सम्+अन्वि/अन्वि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (‘endowed with joy’) विशेषणम् सुरेश्वर्याः

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, three-eyed and serene, addresses the Devī; she smiles, delighted, and begins a gentle conversation—an intimate divine household moment set against a sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Trinetra)
• Pārvatī (Sureśvarī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harmony in divine partnership is shown as the ground from which auspicious cosmic events unfold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves as narrative linkage in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.