Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

प्रसीद देव विज्ञानधन मूढदृशामिव । भवन्ति सन्तः सततं स्वधर्मपरिपालकाः

Transliteration

prasīda deva vijñānadhana mūḍhadṛśāmiva | bhavanti santaḥ satataṃ svadharmaparipālakāḥ

Translation

প্রসন্ন হোন, হে দেব, হে বিজ্ঞানধন; মূঢ়দৃষ্টিদের কাছে তো সাধুগণ সর্বদা স্বধর্মকে অবিরত পালনকারী বলেই প্রতীয়মান হন।

Word by Word

• प्रसीद: be gracious, be pleased
• प्रसीद: Sambodhana (Addressed action/आह्वान)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विज्ञानधन: O treasure of wisdom
• विज्ञानधन: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान + धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विज्ञानं धनं यस्य/विज्ञानधनम्—सम्बोधनरूपेण)

• मूढदृशाम्: of the deluded-seeing (ignorant) people
• मूढदृशाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ + दृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मूढा दृशः येषाम्)

• इव: like, as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative particle/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक निपात (particle of comparison)

• भवन्ति: are, become
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सन्तः: the good (saints)
• सन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्तः—शतृ (present active participle) ‘being’ → ‘good people/saints’

• सततम्: always, constantly
• सततम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सततम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• स्वधर्मपरिपालकाः: upholders of their own duty
• स्वधर्मपरिपालकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + धर्म + परि + पालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (स्वधर्मस्य परिपालकाः)

Speaker

Devotees/petitioners (contextual prayer within Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (satsanga-oriented stop)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee appeals for grace to the ‘treasure of discernment’; around him stand calm saints, steadfast in their duties; the scene contrasts dimness (ignorance) with a clear, luminous aura of understanding.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (addressed Lord)
• Santaḥ (saints)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True discernment recognizes sanctity and dharma; divine grace corrects deluded perception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; it is a moral-theological statement within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it emphasizes ethical alignment with svadharma and reverence for the saintly.