Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तेषामत्युग्रतपसामनन्यासक्तचेतसाम् । प्रसादमीश्वरश्चक्रे कारुण्यामृतसागरः

Transliteration

teṣāmatyugratapasāmananyāsaktacetasām | prasādamīśvaraścakre kāruṇyāmṛtasāgaraḥ

Translation

ان نہایت سخت تپسیا کرنے والوں کو، جن کے دل یکسو اور غیر منقسم بھکتی میں بندھے تھے، دیکھ کر—رحمت کے امرت ساگر پروردگار نے ان پر اپنا فضل و کرم نازل کیا۔

Word by Word

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ati-ugra-tapasām: of those with extremely severe austerities
• ati-ugra-tapasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (ati-ugraṃ tapaḥ yeṣām); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; teṣām इत्यस्य विशेषण-सम्बन्ध

• ananya-āsakta-cetasām: of those whose minds were attached to none other (single-minded)
• ananya-āsakta-cetasām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsakta (√sañj/सक्त) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (ananye āsaktaṃ cetaḥ yeṣām); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; teṣām इत्यस्य विशेषण

• prasādam: grace; favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• īśvaraḥ: the Lord
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• cakre: made; bestowed
• cakre: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• kāruṇya-amṛta-sāgaraḥ: an ocean of compassion-nectar
• kāruṇya-amṛta-sāgaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāruṇya (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (kāruṇyam amṛtam iva, tasya sāgaraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; īśvaraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषण (appositive epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within the mahatmya frame (pilgrims/sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, serene and radiant, beholds the fierce ascetics whose minds are unwavering; His expression softens into compassion as a nectar-like aura of grace descends upon them.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Single-pointed devotion joined with sincere austerity draws the Lord’s compassionate grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights tapas (austerity) and ananya-bhakti (exclusive devotion).