Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । हरस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा देवी विस्मयमागता । उवाच वचनं विप्राः सर्वलोकपतिं पतिम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | harasya vacanaṃ śrutvā devī vismayamāgatā | uvāca vacanaṃ viprāḥ sarvalokapatiṃ patim

Translation

Sūta nói: Nghe lời của Hara, Nữ Thần bỗng kinh ngạc. Rồi, hỡi các bà-la-môn, nàng thưa với Phu Quân của mình, Đấng cai trị muôn thế giới.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta (narrator)
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• harasya: of Hara (Śiva)
• harasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• devī: the Goddess (Pārvatī)
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• vismayam: wonder, astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• āgatā: came to, attained
• āgatā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Active Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• vacanam: words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarva-loka-patim: lord of all worlds
• sarva-loka-patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + loka + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• patim: husband, lord
• patim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अप्पोज़िशन (apposition)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (Śaunaka-like audience archetype)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta, seated in a forest hermitage before attentive brāhmaṇas, recounts how Devī, astonished at Hara’s statement, turns to address her Lord, the ruler of all worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is transmitted through a sacred chain of narration, preserving doctrine and tīrtha-glory for the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya this Śiva–Devī dialogue is embedded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a narrative transition highlighting Devī’s response.