Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

संस्काराः पिप्पलादस्य वेदोक्ता वेद पारगैः । षडंगोपांगसंयुक्ता वेदास्तेन समुद्धृताः । तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यो मुनिभ्यश्च सुपुष्कलाः

Transliteration

saṃskārāḥ pippalādasya vedoktā veda pāragaiḥ | ṣaḍaṃgopāṃgasaṃyuktā vedāstena samuddhṛtāḥ | tadāśramanivāsibhyo munibhyaśca supuṣkalāḥ

Translation

ولِبيبّالادا، أقام الحكماءُ العارفون بالڤيدا طقوسَ السَّمْسْكارا المأمورَ بها في الڤيدا. وقد اكتمل له علمُ الڤيدات مع السِّتّة من فروع الڤيدا (ڤيدأنغا) والعلومِ المساندة، فأتقن الڤيدا وأظهرها؛ وصار للمنقطعين في ذلك الآشرم من المونِيّين نفعًا عظيمًا وفضلًا وافرًا.

Word by Word

• संस्काराः: rites/sacraments
• संस्काराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पिप्पलादस्य: of Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• वेदोक्ताः: enjoined in the Veda
• वेदोक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (√वच् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: वेदेन उक्ताः (instrumental tatpurusha); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of saṃskārāḥ)

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; used as first member in compound with pāragaiḥ

• पारगैः: by those who have mastered (it)
• पारगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्ताः: joined with the six limbs and subsidiary limbs
• षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् + अङ्ग + उपाङ्ग + संयुक्त (√युज् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: समास (बहुपद): षडङ्ग + उपाङ्ग + संयुक्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of vedāḥ)

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• समुद्धृताः: were brought forth/compiled
• समुद्धृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; predicate participle

• तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यः: to the residents of that hermitage
• तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + आश्रम + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तस्य आश्रमः (genitive tatpurusha) + निवासिन्; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन

• मुनिभ्यः: to sages
• मुनिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सुपुष्कलाः: very abundant/excellent
• सुपुष्कलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपुष्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of vedāḥ/teachings implied)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pippalāda, now a disciplined sage, is shown mastering the Vedas with six Vedāṅgas and subsidiary disciplines; around him, āśrama residents prosper through his guidance and generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Vedapāragas (Veda-knowing sages)
• Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish through Vedic learning and disciplined saṃskāras; knowledge becomes service to the āśrama community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised indirectly as a seat of sages where Vedic rites and study are preserved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-prescribed saṃskāras are mentioned, along with study of the Vedas together with Vedāṅgas and allied disciplines.