Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो गत्वा स दूतः संन्यवेदयत् । तस्य सर्वं यथावाक्यं तेनोक्तं च महीपते

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | etacchrutvā tato gatvā sa dūtaḥ saṃnyavedayat | tasya sarvaṃ yathāvākyaṃ tenoktaṃ ca mahīpate

Translation

قال بولستيا: «فلما سمع ذلك مضى الرسولُ وأبلغ الخبر، فذكر كلَّ شيءٍ كما قيل، ناقلًا كلامَ الملك كاملًا.»

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/Object of śrutvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अपादानार्थक (adverb: then/from there)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dūtaḥ: the messenger
• dūtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to saḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃnyavedayat: reported; informed
• saṃnyavedayat: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्) stem veday- with prefix sam-ni (संनि-)

• tasya: of him; his
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object of saṃnyavedayat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yathā-vākyam: according to (his) statement
• yathā-vākyam: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable adverbial compound: according to the words)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana (करण/Agent-instrument: by him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• uktam: said; spoken
• uktam: Karma (कर्म/Reported content)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• mahīpate: O king (lord of the earth)
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahi-pati (king) explicitly addressed in the verse; broader frame listener not specified beyond this address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya narrates: the messenger departs, travels swiftly, and reports the king’s words exactly; a transitional scene showing movement and then formal audience reporting.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Dūta (messenger)
• Mahīpati (king; addressee/listener in frame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration preserves dharma-teachings through precise transmission—words and intentions matter and bear consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting continues within the Arbuda sacred region of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a connective narrative verse describing the messenger’s report.