Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे राजन्देवदेवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

ityuktvāṃtardadhe rājandevadevo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Nói xong như vậy, hỡi Đại vương, Maheśvara—Đấng Thiên Chủ của chư thiên—liền ẩn hiện, biến mất khỏi tầm mắt.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अन्तर्दधे: disappeared
• अन्तर्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवदेवः: lord of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheshvara (the great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देवदेवस्य अपि विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Pulastya continuing the account to the King)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahādeva, after speaking, dissolves into a column of light or fades into the sky; the king and attendants remain with hands folded, the riverbank still shimmering; a lingering aura marks the spot where the deity stood.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Devadeva
• King (Rājan)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction is presented as complete and authoritative; the deity withdraws after establishing the tīrtha’s merits and rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The preceding tīrtha context of Arbuda Khaṇḍa Adhyāya 10 (Sarasvatī/saṅgama merits).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it functions as a narrative closure to the prior injunctions.