Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

पिता यः सर्वदेवानां भूतानां च पितामहः । यस्मादेष स तैः पूज्यो ब्राह्मणैः क्षेत्रवासिभिः

Transliteration

pitā yaḥ sarvadevānāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca pitāmahaḥ | yasmādeṣa sa taiḥ pūjyo brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣetravāsibhiḥ

Translation

هو أبو جميعِ الآلهة، وجدُّ الكائناتِ كلِّها (بيتامها)؛ فلذلك ينبغي أن يُعبَدَ من قِبَلِهم، ومن قِبَلِ البراهمةِ المقيمين في هذا الحرمِ المقدّس.

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-नाम

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—सर्वे देवाः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव)

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक; भू-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• पितामहः: grandfather
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ + मह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—पितुः महः (grandfather)

• यस्मात्: from whom / because of whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (because of/from whom)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पुनर्निर्देश (correlative)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship
• पूज्यः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/भाव्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘पूजनीयः’

• ब्राह्मणैः: by Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• क्षेत्रवासिभिः: by the residents of the sacred field
• क्षेत्रवासिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—क्षेत्रे वासिनः (those dwelling in the sacred place)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā as venerable pitāmaha seated on lotus, surrounded by devas paying respects; in the foreground, Prabhāsa-resident brāhmaṇas perform orderly worship, emphasizing community stewardship of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Kṣetra-vāsins (residents of the holy field)
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognizing the deity as the universal source establishes a dharmic duty of worship, especially for those living in a holy kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a sacred domain where residents uphold worship as a lived dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā by brāhmaṇas and kṣetra-vāsins—communal, place-based worship of the presiding Lord.