Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मद्वचनान्नन्दिन्गच्छ प्राभासिकं शुभम् । आमन्त्रय त्वं तान्सर्वान्कैलासं शीघ्रमानय

Transliteration

tasmānmadvacanānnandingaccha prābhāsikaṃ śubham | āmantraya tvaṃ tānsarvānkailāsaṃ śīghramānaya

Translation

সেয়ে হে নন্দিন! মোৰ বচন অনুসৰি তুমি শুভ প্ৰাভাসলৈ যা। সেই সকলো মুনিক নিমন্ত্ৰণ কৰি শীঘ্ৰে কৈলাসলৈ লৈ আহা।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitive sense as compound member), एकवचन (mat- form)

• वचनात्: from (my) command
• वचनात्: Apadana (Cause/Reason: from the word/command)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• नन्दिन्: O Nandin
• नन्दिन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्राभासिकम्: to Prabhāsa (region/place)
• प्राभासिकम्: Karma (Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राभासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'प्राभासिकम्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आमन्त्रय: invite/summon
• आमन्त्रय: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्र् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तान्: those/them
• तान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'तान्')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कैलासम्: to Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• आनय: bring/lead
• आनय: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Devadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsa/Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandikeśa/Nandin

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva instructs Nandin: go to auspicious Prābhāsa, invite all the siddha sages, and bring them swiftly to Kailāsa—an image of divine logistics across sacred geographies.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Prabhāsa
• Kailāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will directs sacred movement: holy beings are gathered for higher purposes, showing dharmic obedience and the living network of tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa (Prābhāsika), presented as auspicious and worthy of divine attention.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal invitation/summons (āmantraṇa) to sages—an etiquette of dharma rather than a ritual like snāna or dāna.