Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । जन्मकोटिसहस्राणि जन्मकोटिशतानि च । शोधितस्त्वं जगन्नाथ मया प्राणनचिंतया

Transliteration

devyuvāca | janmakoṭisahasrāṇi janmakoṭiśatāni ca | śodhitastvaṃ jagannātha mayā prāṇanaciṃtayā

Translation

女神说道：“历经千亿万次生、又百亿万次生，我以生命之息为观想之禅，恒常思惟于你，噢世间之主，只为求得洞达于你。”

Word by Word

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (prior member in compound)

• कोटि: crore/ten million
• कोटि: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासमध्यपद (member in compound)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, plural); तत्पुरुष: जन्मकोटीनां सहस्राणि (thousands of crores of births)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• कोटि: crore
• कोटि: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासमध्यपद

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, plural); तत्पुरुष: जन्मकोटीनां शतानि (hundreds of crores of births)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• शोधितः: purified/cleansed
• शोधितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शोधित (प्रातिपदिक; √शुध्/शोध्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (masculine, nominative, singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, nominative, singular)

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine, vocative, singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: जगतः नाथः (lord of the world)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन (1st person pronoun, instrumental, singular)

• प्राणन: life-giving/sustaining
• प्राणन: Sambandha (Descriptor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणन (प्रातिपदिक; √प्राण्)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• चिन्तया: by (my) contemplation
• चिन्तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (feminine, instrumental, singular); तत्पुरुष: प्राणनस्य चिन्ता (thought/meditation for sustaining life)

Speaker

Devī (Satī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara/Śiva (addressed as Jagannātha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī addresses Śiva with folded hands, evoking countless births of breath-meditation; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa and a luminous liṅga/Śiva-form suggests the Infinite beyond measure.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Jagannātha (epithet of Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Infinite cannot be exhausted by time; steadfast contemplation across lifetimes is praised, yet the divine mystery remains immeasurable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the setting where Devī’s profound stuti and yogic contemplation are voiced within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yogic discipline is implied: prāṇa-based contemplation (prāṇadhyāna/prāṇānusandhāna), though not laid out as a formal vow.