Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

घटोत्कच उवाच । देव युष्मत्प्रसादेन सर्वतः कुशलं मम । श्रूयतां कारणं स्वामिन्यदर्थमहमागतः

Transliteration

ghaṭotkaca uvāca | deva yuṣmatprasādena sarvataḥ kuśalaṃ mama | śrūyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ svāminyadarthamahamāgataḥ

Translation

伽托特迦说道：主啊，承蒙您的恩典，我诸事安泰。请听我陈述，尊主——我此来之因与所求之旨。

Word by Word

• घटोत्कचः: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• देव: O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• युष्मत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• युष्मत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मत्-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; युष्मत् + प्रसाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (युष्मतः प्रसादः)

• सर्वतः: in every way
• सर्वतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुशलम्: well-being
• कुशलम्: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रूयताम्: let (it) be heard
• श्रूयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी, कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive): ‘let it be heard’

• कारणम्: the reason
• कारणम्: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वामिन्: O master
• स्वामिन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• यदर्थम्: for which purpose
• यदर्थम्: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद्-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; यद् + अर्थ)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः ‘for which purpose’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आगतः: have come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having come’

Speaker

Ghaṭotkaca

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ghaṭotkaca, powerful yet humble, sits near Kṛṣṇa with folded hands; his son beside him. He speaks with lowered gaze, attributing his welfare to Kṛṣṇa’s grace and preparing to state his mission.

Characters & Entities

• Ghaṭotkaca
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Well-being is attributed to divine grace; humility and readiness to explain one’s purpose are marks of dharmic speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement of gratitude and intent.