Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

संविभज्याथ रत्नानि समं राज्यं विधीयताम् । यावदेवं प्रगल्भंते तावत्पश्यंति नारदम्

Transliteration

saṃvibhajyātha ratnāni samaṃ rājyaṃ vidhīyatām | yāvadevaṃ pragalbhaṃte tāvatpaśyaṃti nāradam

Translation

فلتُقسَّم الجواهر إذن، ولْيُنظَّم الملك على السواء. وبينما كانوا يتكلمون بتجرؤٍ كهذا، إذا بهم يبصرون نارادا.

Word by Word

• संविभज्य: having apportioned
• संविभज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वि-भज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having distributed’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then)

• रत्नानि: gems, treasures
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially: ‘equally’)

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• विधीयताम्: let it be arranged/ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्धे अव्यय (correlative: ‘as long as/so long’)

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• प्रगल्भन्ते: they become bold/insolent
• प्रगल्भन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-गल्भ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); आत्मनेपदम्

• तावत्: so long, then
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्धे अव्यय (correlative: ‘so long/then’)

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• पश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपदम्

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Daityas (first sentence), then narrator notes the appearance of Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly assembly mid-argument over jewels and shared sovereignty; at the climax, all heads turn upward as Nārada suddenly appears, arresting speech and shifting the mood from contention to awe.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ratnas (jewels)
• Rājya (kingdom)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power-sharing and distribution invite higher counsel; divine sages like Nārada appear to redirect events toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa region, within whose māhātmya Nārada’s intervention forms part of the sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse concerns equitable distribution and the arrival of a sage.