Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततस्तन्निरतो भूत्वा सर्वैस्तै राक्षसेश्वरः । पूजयामास देवेशि उपवासपरायणः

Transliteration

tatastannirato bhūtvā sarvaistai rākṣaseśvaraḥ | pūjayāmāsa deveśi upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ راکشسوں کا ایشور اُن سب نذرانوں کے ساتھ اسی پوجا میں پوری طرح منہمک ہو گیا؛ اے دیوی! وہ اُپواس کا پابند رہ کر عبادت کرتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• tat-nirataḥ: intent on that, devoted to it
• tat-nirataḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + nirata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ram/रम् with नि-)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (तस्मिन् निरतः = devoted to that); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (Auxiliary action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having become

• sarvaiḥ: with all
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘all’ (instrumental)

• taiḥ: with those (things)
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; refers to items/means

• rākṣasa-īśvaraḥ: lord of the rākṣasas
• rākṣasa-īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (राक्षसानाम् ईश्वरः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• pūjayāmāsa: worshipped
• pūjayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ṇic (प्रेरण)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative nuance = ‘caused worship’ → ‘worshipped’

• deveśi: O goddess (Deveśī)
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; vocative संबोधन

• upavāsa-parāyaṇaḥ: devoted to fasting
• upavāsa-parāyaṇaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upavāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (उपवासे परायणः = devoted to fasting); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī Vāk (disembodied voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekānta-guhā-liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicit vocative 'deveśi' in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The rākṣasa-lord, fully absorbed, worships with many offerings and undertakes fasting; the cave-shrine glows with lamp-light and devotional stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Devī (Deveśī)
• Somēśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is strengthened by discipline; fasting (upavāsa) supports focused worship and inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Somēśvara in Prabhāsakṣetra, where vrata-like worship is highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Upavāsa (fasting) undertaken alongside pūjā as a devotional observance (vrata).