Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । एवं स्तुता जगन्माता तानुवाच सुरोत्तमान् । वरो मे याच्यतां शीघ्रमभीष्टः सुरसत्तमाः

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | evaṃ stutā jaganmātā tānuvāca surottamān | varo me yācyatāṃ śīghramabhīṣṭaḥ surasattamāḥ

Translation

پُلستیہ نے کہا: یوں ستوتی کیے جانے پر جگت ماتا نے دیوتاؤں میں سے برترینوں سے فرمایا— ‘اے دیوؤں کے سردارو! جو ور تمہیں مطلوب ہے، فوراً مجھ سے مانگو۔’

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• stutā: praised
• stutā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (स्तु धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत (क्त) कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘praised’

• jaganmātā: Mother of the world
• jaganmātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः माता)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; निर्देशात्मक सर्वनाम

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• surottamān: the best of the gods
• surottamān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः सुराः)

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• me: for me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; 1st person pronoun enclitic

• yācyatām: let (it) be requested
• yācyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāc (याच् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘let it be asked’

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghram (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/वेगवाचक अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• abhīṣṭaḥ: desired
• abhīṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhīṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘desired’ (varaḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• surasattamāḥ: O best of gods
• surasattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सत्तमाः सुराः)

Speaker

Pulastya

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Jaganmātā (Devī)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere praise (stuti) culminates in divine grace; the Devī responds by inviting the devotees to state their righteous wish.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the Arbuda Khaṇḍa milieu; this verse itself is dialogic and does not name a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts the Purāṇic pattern of stuti leading to vara-pradāna (granting of boons).