Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

बलदेवस्य वीरस्य सात्यकेश्च महात्मनः

Transliteration

baladevasya vīrasya sātyakeśca mahātmanaḥ

Translation

(وتكلّم) عن بالاديفا البطل، وعن ساتياكي ذي النفس العظيمة.

Word by Word

• बलदेवस्य: of Baladeva
• बलदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वीरस्य: of the hero
• वीरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying बलदेवस्य)

• सात्यकेः: of Sātyaki
• सात्यकेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सात्यकेः)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Īśvara’s account of Arjuna’s words)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Yādava-smaraṇa context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (frame); Jāmbavatī (embedded listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Arjuna begins his report by invoking the heroic Baladeva and the great-souled Sātyaki—names spoken like a roll-call of valor under the shadow of impending lament.

Characters & Entities

• Baladeva
• Sātyaki

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The greatness of a place is often narrated through the remembrance of exemplary figures whose destinies intersect that sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, Prabhāsakṣetra and its associated river tīrtha (Jāmbavatī) form the setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this partial verse.