Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे देवीप्रियहिते रताः । तस्मै ददुर्वरान्दिव्यान्प्रोचुर्देवीं च पार्थिव

Transliteration

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve devīpriyahite ratāḥ | tasmai dadurvarāndivyānprocurdevīṃ ca pārthiva

Translation

پھر تمام دیوتاؤں کے گروہ، دیوی کو پسند اور مفید باتوں میں مشغول ہو کر، اسے الٰہی ور عطا کرنے لگے، اور اے راجن! انہوں نے دیوی سے بھی خطاب کیا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereafter’

• devagaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• devagaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘देवानां गणाः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘devagaṇāḥ’)

• devīpriyahite: in the beloved welfare of the Goddess
• devīpriyahite: Adhikarana (Sphere/विषयाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī-priya-hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (श्रृङ्खला): ‘देव्याः प्रियं हितं (कार्यं)’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in (the matter of) the dear welfare of the Goddess’

• ratāḥ: devoted
• ratāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ram (धातु))
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘engaged/devoted’

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• daduḥ: gave
• daduḥ: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• divyān: divine
• divyān: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘varān’)

• procuḥ: said; proclaimed
• procuḥ: Kriya (Main verb/मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘declared/said’

• devīm: to the Goddess / the Goddess (as object of speech)
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-śṛṅga / Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly of devas in radiant attire offers divine boons to a devotee/kingly figure, then turns to address the Goddess with folded hands; the backdrop hints at Arbuda’s wooded slopes and a luminous peak.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Vināyaka (recipient implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is cooperative: the gods uphold what benefits Devī and support the newly manifested Vināyaka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy site is named in this verse; it continues the Arbuda-khaṇḍa account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; it narrates the granting of varas (boons).