Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

जैगीषव्य उवाच । भगवन्देवदेवेश मम तुष्टो यदि प्रभो । ज्ञानयोगं हि मे देहि यः संसारनिकृन्तनम्

Transliteration

jaigīṣavya uvāca | bhagavandevadeveśa mama tuṣṭo yadi prabho | jñānayogaṃ hi me dehi yaḥ saṃsāranikṛntanam

Translation

Jaigīṣavya thưa: “Bạch Đấng Thế Tôn, Chúa tể của chư thiên—nếu Ngài hài lòng về con, xin ban cho con yoga của trí tuệ giải thoát, thứ chém đứt mọi ràng buộc luân hồi.”

Word by Word

• जैगीषव्यः: Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaigīṣavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd person singular ‘said’

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of the gods of gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-deva-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular; तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः तेषां ईशः)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘my’

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tuṣ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘pleased’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय — conditional particle ‘if’

• प्रभो: O master
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular

• ज्ञानयोगम्: the yoga of knowledge
• ज्ञानयोगम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna-yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञानस्य योगः / ज्ञानरूपः योगः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — emphatic particle ‘indeed’

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — dative singular ‘to me’

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा-धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative ‘give’

• यः: which
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; सम्बन्धे ‘which/that’

• संसारनिकृन्तनम्: that cuts off transmigration
• संसारनिकृन्तनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra-nikṛntana (प्रातिपदिक; nikṛntana from ni-√kṛt)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular used adjectivally; तत्पुरुषः (संसारस्य निकृन्तनम् = cutter of saṃsāra)

Speaker

Jaigīṣavya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Mahādeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage (Jaigīṣavya) stands in reverent posture before Mahādeva in a luminous tīrtha landscape of Prabhāsa—sea-breeze, temple silhouettes, and a calm, ascetic atmosphere; the sage asks for jñāna-yoga that severs worldly bondage.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is not worldly gain but jñāna-yoga—wisdom that severs attachment and ends saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a field where devotion matures into liberation-seeking knowledge.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; the requested ‘practice’ is jñāna-yoga aimed at freedom from saṃsāra.