Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

समां च कुरु सर्वत्र मां त्वं सर्वभृतां वर । यथा विस्यन्दमानाहं क्षीरं सर्वत्र भावये

Transliteration

samāṃ ca kuru sarvatra māṃ tvaṃ sarvabhṛtāṃ vara | yathā visyandamānāhaṃ kṣīraṃ sarvatra bhāvaye

Translation

«يا خيرَ من يَكفُلُ الخلائق، سوِّني في كلِّ موضع، لكي إذا فاضتُ جرى لبني وحضر في كلِّ مكان.»

Word by Word

• समाम्: equal
• समाम्: Karman (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Accusative singular feminine: equal)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• कुरु: make
• कुरु: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (Imperative: make)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (everywhere)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• सर्व-भृताम्: of all bearers/supporters
• सर्व-भृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √भृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (Genitive plural: of all supporters/bearers)

• वर: O best
• वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन; (Vocative singular: O best)

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparison/manner: so that/as)

• विस्यन्दमानः: flowing
• विस्यन्दमानः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्यन्द् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) → विस्यन्दमान (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकाले)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle: flowing)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• क्षीरम्: milk
• क्षीरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (everywhere)

• भावये: I produce/cause (to be)
• भावये: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भावय (णिजन्त)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; (Present: I cause to be/produce)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Earth, personified as a cow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhūdevī requests the king to level her surface everywhere so that her milk-like bounty can pervade all regions; the imagery blends goddess, landscape, and flowing abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthivī
• Pṛthu (implied)
• Kṣīra (milk as sustenance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in rulership includes creating fairness and access—symbolized by leveling the earth so nourishment becomes available to all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa region is the scriptural setting; the cosmic backstory supports the Māhātmya’s praise of Prabhāsa as a place where dharma and wellbeing are rooted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the teaching is ethical—governance that enables universal sustenance.