Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततश्चतुर्द्दशे देवि तपसा नियमेन च । तुष्टेनोक्तो मया देवि वरं वरय सुव्रत

Transliteration

tataścaturddaśe devi tapasā niyamena ca | tuṣṭenokto mayā devi varaṃ varaya suvrata

Translation

于是，噢女神（Devī），在第十四年，我因其苦行与持戒而欢喜，对他说：“噢善誓之人，选择一项恩赐吧。”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तर; adverb)

• चतुर्दशे: in the fourteenth (year/period)
• चतुर्दशे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—चतुर्दश (संख्या)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नियमेन: by observance/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• तुष्टेन: (by me) being pleased
• तुष्टेन: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘मया’—‘by me who was pleased’)

• उक्तः: was told/addressed
• उक्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (सः) implied subject

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वरय: choose, ask for
• वरय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—सु + व्रत (कर्मधारय)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity, pleased, addresses the ascetic at the end of the fourteenth year, offering a boon; the atmosphere is charged with sanctity and quiet wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Śvetaketu
• Tapas
• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When tapas is joined with niyama (ethical restraint), divine grace responds—boons arise as the fruit of disciplined dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the stage where austerity matures into Śiva’s direct blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas and niyama are upheld as effective disciplines; the verse also introduces the boon-bestowal moment.