Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

यानि कर्माणि कृतवान्पृथुः पश्चान्महाबलः । तानि गीतानि बद्धानि स्तुवद्भिः सूतमागधैः

Transliteration

yāni karmāṇi kṛtavānpṛthuḥ paścānmahābalaḥ | tāni gītāni baddhāni stuvadbhiḥ sūtamāgadhaiḥ

Translation

وكلُّ ما قام به بريثو (Pṛthu) ذو البأس العظيم بعد ذلك—تلك الأعمال أنشدها السوتا والماغدها في مدحه، وصاغاها أبياتًا منظومة.

Word by Word

• yāni: which (those)
• yāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun) — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.

• karmāṇi: deeds, actions
• karmāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Pl.

• kṛtavān: having done
• kṛtavān: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kṛtavat (कृतवत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृतवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकृत्/परिपूर्णकृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past active participle, Masc, Nom, Sg.

• pṛthuḥ: Pṛthu
• pṛthuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Sg.

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time/sequence)

• mahābalaḥ: mighty, of great strength
• mahābalaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् बलः यस्य/महाबलः) — Masc, Nom, Sg.

• tāni: those
• tāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.

• gītāni: sung, chanted
• gītāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gai (धातु) + gīta (गीतम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Past passive participle, Neut, Nom/Acc, Pl.

• baddhāni: composed, arranged
• baddhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandh (धातु) + baddha (बद्ध-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Past passive participle, Neut, Nom/Acc, Pl.

• stuvadbhiḥ: by (those) praising
• stuvadbhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stu (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (कर्तरि), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Present active participle used substantively, Masc, Instr, Pl.

• sūtamāgadhaiḥ: by Sūtas and Māgadhas (bards)
• sūtamāgadhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta + māgadha (प्रातिपदिक-द्वन्द्व)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (सूताश्च मागधाश्च) — Masc, Instr, Pl.

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Purāṇa; within-scene sages as listeners

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The bards sing of Pṛthu’s mighty deeds, arranging them into metrical compositions; sages listen as the narrative becomes song.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthu
• Sūta
• Māgadha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous action becomes enduring merit when it is remembered, sung, and used to educate society in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sits within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, but the verse itself concerns the institution of royal praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the practice of singing and versifying noble deeds.