Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तासां प्रत्यक्षतां प्राप्ता पार्वती परमेश्वरी । उवाच वरदा ब्रूत यद्वो मनसि संस्थितम्

Transliteration

tāsāṃ pratyakṣatāṃ prāptā pārvatī parameśvarī | uvāca varadā brūta yadvo manasi saṃsthitam

Translation

于是，至上女神帕尔瓦蒂（Pārvatī）在她们面前显现，并以赐福者之声说道：“把你们心中所怀之愿告诉我。”

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of them (those women)’

• प्रत्यक्षताम्: visible presence
• प्रत्यक्षताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यक्षता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘visibility/presence (before the eyes)’

• प्राप्ता: having attained
• प्राप्ता: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having attained/reached’

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘Pārvatī’

• परमेश्वरी: the Supreme Goddess
• परमेश्वरी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वरी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय — ‘the supreme goddess/lady’

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — ‘said/spoke’

• वरदा: boon-giving
• वरदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरदा (प्रातिपदिक; वर + दा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ — ‘giver of boons’ (qualifying Pārvatī)

• ब्रूत: tell (me)
• ब्रूत: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन — ‘say/tell (you all)!’

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun ‘what/that which’

• वः: your
• वः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) बहुवचन (enclitic) — ‘of you/your’

• मनसि: in (your) mind
• मनसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — ‘in the mind’

• संस्थितम्: is situated/held
• संस्थितम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘situated/placed’ (agreeing with यत्)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Pārvatī’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, the Supreme Goddess, appears directly before the tapasvins and, as boon-giver, invites them to speak their heart’s desire.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Parameśvarī
• Varadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion matures, the deity grants pratyakṣa-darśana and invites sincere articulation of one’s dhārmic desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Goddess is said to appear directly to devoted worshippers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it marks the moment of divine appearance that follows prior tapas and worship.