Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

पुमानसकृदप्यैवं कृत्वा प्राप्स्यत्यभीप्सितम् । एवमुक्त्वा स्थिता तत्र सा देवी चारुलोचना

Transliteration

pumānasakṛdapyaivaṃ kṛtvā prāpsyatyabhīpsitam | evamuktvā sthitā tatra sā devī cārulocanā

Translation

Ngay cả một người nam, nếu làm đúng như vậy dù chỉ một lần, cũng sẽ đạt điều mình mong cầu. Nói xong, Nữ Thần mắt đẹp ấy vẫn an trụ tại nơi đó.

Word by Word

• pumān: a man
• pumān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• asakṛt: repeatedly/more than once
• asakṛt: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, आवृत्तिवाचक (adverb of frequency)

• api: even/also
• api: Emphasis/Addition (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि = even/also

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this way)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā-anuvṛtti (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त

• prāpsyati: will obtain
• prāpsyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• abhīpsitam: the desired (thing)
• abhīpsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhīpsita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (desired)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyā-anuvṛtti (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययकृदन्त

• sthitā: stood/was standing
• sthitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• cāru-locanā: beautiful-eyed
• cāru-locanā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāru + locanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (beautiful-eyed)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Someśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The beautiful-eyed Goddess speaks a boon-giving assurance; after speaking, she remains present at the spot, while devotees stand with folded hands, hopeful.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship performed even once, in the prescribed way, bears fruit and grants desired outcomes by the Goddess’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (centered around Someśvara), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general instruction: performing the indicated act of devotion/worship “in this manner,” even once, is said to yield the desired boon.