Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ततः प्रत्यक्षतां यातः सर्वदेवपतिः शिवः । तुष्टो बभूव चंद्रस्य क्षयनाशं तथाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ yātaḥ sarvadevapatiḥ śivaḥ | tuṣṭo babhūva caṃdrasya kṣayanāśaṃ tathā'karot

Translation

Rồi Śiva, Chúa tể của muôn thần, hiện ra trước mắt. Ngài hoan hỷ và khiến sự hao mòn của Candra chấm dứt.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• प्रत्यक्षताम्: manifestation, visibility
• प्रत्यक्षताम्: Gati-karma (Goal/गतिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यातः: having come/attained
• यातः: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (gone/attained)

• सर्वदेवपतिः: lord of all gods
• सर्वदेवपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (pleased)

• बभूव: became, was
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• चन्द्रस्य: of the Moon
• चन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• क्षयनाशम्: decay and destruction
• क्षयनाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, so
• तथा: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• अकरोत्: removed/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Guptēśvara/Soma episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (frame); within verse, address continues toward Devī in later verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears directly before the waning Moon-god; the pale Soma regains luster as Śiva’s compassionate gaze ends the wasting away.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Candra/Soma
• Devagupteśvara (context)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas in a sanctified place culminates in Śiva’s direct grace, which heals decline and restores divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devagupteśvara/Prabhāsa Kṣetra as the setting where Śiva manifests to bless Soma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the narrative emphasizes tapas leading to Śiva’s anugraha (grace).