Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ता तदा देवी हर्षगद्गदया गिरा । तुष्टाव देवदेवेशं भक्त्या परमया युता

Transliteration

evamuktā tadā devī harṣagadgadayā girā | tuṣṭāva devadeveśaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutā

Translation

یوں خطاب کیے جانے پر، دیوی نے اُس وقت خوشی سے گلا بھر آتے ہوئے، اعلیٰ ترین بھکتی سے سرشار ہو کر، دیوتاؤں کے بھی دیوتا، دیودیوَیشور کی ستوتی کی۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्ता: having been addressed / spoken to
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवी)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हर्षगद्गदया: with a voice choked with joy
• हर्षगद्गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष + गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (गिरा)

• गिरा: by speech/voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (देवानां देवेशः)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परमया: supreme
• परमया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्त्या)

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (देवी)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience of the māhātmya (within the Skanda narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, overwhelmed with joy, praises Devadeveśa; her posture is reverent, hands folded; Śiva receives the stuti with tranquil compassion; the Prabhāsa setting frames the devotional climax.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Devadeveśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True knowledge of a tīrtha and deity culminates in bhakti—devotional praise that transforms the heart.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where Devī responds devotionally to Śiva’s revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praise (stuti/stotra) is exemplified as a devotional practice, though no formal vow is specified.