Shloka 18 - Adhyaya 31 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Bengali | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अस्त्रार्पणं यः प्रयतः प्रयत्नाच्छृणोति राजा भुवि भावितातात्मा । सोऽभ्येति युद्धे विजयं परं हि सुतांश्च धर्मार्थयशोभिरामाः

Transliteration

astrārpaṇaṃ yaḥ prayataḥ prayatnācchṛṇoti rājā bhuvi bhāvitātātmā | so'bhyeti yuddhe vijayaṃ paraṃ hi sutāṃśca dharmārthayaśobhirāmāḥ

Translation

পৃথিবীতে যে রাজা সংযতচিত্তে ও যত্নসহকারে অস্ত্র-সমর্পণের এই কাহিনি শোনে—তার অন্তঃকরণ পরিশুদ্ধ হয়; সে যুদ্ধে পরম বিজয় লাভ করে এবং ধর্ম, অর্থ ও যশে আনন্দদায়ক পুত্রও পায়।

Word by Word

अस्त्रार्पणम्the offering/giving of weapons

यःwho

प्रयतःattentive / disciplined

प्रयत्नात्with effort / from effort

शृणोतिhears

राजाa king

भुविon earth

भावितातात्माone whose self is purified/imbued (well-cultivated)

सःhe

अभ्येतिattains / approaches

युद्धेin war

विजयम्victory

परम्supreme

हिindeed

सुतान्sons

चand

धर्मार्थयशोभिरामाः(sons) delightful with dharma, wealth, and fame

Speaker

Narrator (phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, seated with folded hands, listens attentively to a sage reciting the story of the gods depositing weapons; the king’s aura brightens, foreshadowing victory and virtuous progeny.

Characters & Entities

Rājā (king)

Astrārpaṇa (deposit of weapons)

Dharma

Yaśas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa of dharmic sacred history purifies the mind and supports righteous success—power aligned with dharma prospers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra indirectly, since the phalaśruti seals the sacred narrative within its Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa (devotional listening) with discipline and attention is recommended as a meritorious practice.