Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । नोक्तं यथावदखिलं भृगुशापविचेष्टितम् । पूर्वावतारान्मे ब्रूहि नोक्तपूर्वान्महेश्वर

Transliteration

devyuvāca | noktaṃ yathāvadakhilaṃ bhṛguśāpaviceṣṭitam | pūrvāvatārānme brūhi noktapūrvānmaheśvara

Translation

دیوی نے کہا: آپ نے بھِرگو کے شاپ سے پیدا ہونے والے تمام واقعات کو جیسا چاہیے تھا ویسا پورا بیان نہیں کیا۔ اے مہیشور! مجھے پہلے کے اوتار—جو پہلے بیان نہیں ہوئے—وہ بھی بتائیے۔

Word by Word

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• उक्तम्: said/told
• उक्तम्: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (properly, as it should be)

• अखिलम्: entire/complete
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भृगुशापविचेष्टितम्: the matter brought about by Bhṛgu’s curse
• भृगुशापविचेष्टितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + viceṣṭita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भृगुशापेन विचेष्टितम् = effected/caused by Bhṛgu's curse); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वावतारान्: the former incarnations
• पूर्वावतारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + avatāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (पूर्वाः अवताराः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्रूहि: tell (you)
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• उक्तपूर्वान्: not previously told
• उक्तपूर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उक्ताः पूर्वं ये = previously told); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (पूर्वावतारान्)

• महेश्वर: O Maheśvara
• महेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् ईश्वरः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Maheśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī seated beside Maheśvara in a sacred grove near the Prabhāsa shore/temple precinct, her hand raised in respectful inquiry; Maheśvara poised to narrate, with sages listening and palm-leaf manuscripts nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhṛgu
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural understanding deepens through inquiry; respectful questioning is presented as a dharmic path to fuller knowledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is dialogical and thematic; it sits within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, which glorifies Prabhāsa as the sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces a request for further narration about avatāras and the curse of Bhṛgu.