Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तोषयामास देवेशं भवं शर्वमुमापतिम् । प्राप्तवानखिलान्कामानप्राप्यानकृतात्मभिः

Transliteration

toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim | prāptavānakhilānkāmānaprāpyānakṛtātmabhiḥ

Translation

اس نے دیوتاؤں کے ایشور—بھَو، شَروَ، اُما پتی—کو راضی کیا اور تمام خواہشیں پا لیں، وہ بھی جو بے ضبط نفس والوں کے لیے ناقابلِ حصول ہیں۔

Word by Word

• toṣayāmāsa: pleased (propitiated)
• toṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) णिच् (causative) + लिट्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative): ‘caused to be pleased’

• deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• śarvam: Śarva (Śiva)
• śarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• umāpatim: the husband of Umā
• umāpatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: umā-pati (प्रातिपदिक; उमा + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म; शिवनाम

• prāptavān: obtained
• prāptavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु) क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past active participle used finitely); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘having obtained/obtained’

• akhilān: all
• akhilān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—kāmān इति विशेषणम्

• kāmān: desires
• kāmān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्म (prāptavān इत्यस्य)

• aprāpyān: unattainable
• aprāpyān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + prāpya (कृदन्त; pra-āp (धातु) यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नञ्-पूर्वकं कृदन्तविशेषणम्—kāmān इति विशेषणम् (‘unattainable’)

• akṛta-ātmabhiḥ: by the undisciplined (people)
• akṛta-ātmabhiḥ: Karana (Agent/instrumental association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-kṛta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + कृत + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘अकृतात्मानः’ (uncontrolled/undisciplined persons); तृतीया हेतौ/सह—‘by/for those’

Speaker

Śiva (continuing narration to Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-liṅga of Devācārya/Bṛhaspati

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devācārya completes intense worship; Śiva as Bhava/Śarva/Umāpati is envisioned as pleased—radiant, calm, granting boons; the contrast is implied with shadowy figures of ‘akṛtātmā’ who cannot attain such fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Bhava/Śarva/Umāpati)
• Umā
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True attainments come from pleasing Śiva through devotion and inner discipline; the unrefined cannot reach such fruits.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa Kṣetra liṅga-shrine context where this worship took place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit: sustained worship that ‘pleases’ Śiva (toṣaṇa) as the criterion of successful practice.