Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सद्यो मनुष्यतां प्राप्ताः पूर्वजातिस्मरास्तथा । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु व्याधास्ते समुपागताः

Transliteration

sadyo manuṣyatāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvajātismarāstathā | etasminneva kāle tu vyādhāste samupāgatāḥ

Translation

Sogleich erlangten sie Menschengestalt und erinnerten sich auch an ihre früheren Geburten. Genau in dieser Stunde trafen auch jene Jäger dort ein.

Word by Word

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: immediately)

• manuṣyatām: human state; humanity
• manuṣyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuṣyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• prāptāḥ: attained
• prāptāḥ: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• pūrvajātismarāḥ: remembering their former birth
• pūrvajātismarāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + jāti (प्रातिपदिक) + smara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वा जातिः यस्य स्मरः/स्मरणम्)

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• tu: then/but
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/and)

• vyādhāḥ: hunters
• vyādhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• samupāgatāḥ: arrived; came together
• samupāgatāḥ: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: samupa√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Pulastya (narration)

Characters & Entities

• Hunters (Vyādhas)
• Deer-turned-humans
• Mānuṣa Hrada (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s power is portrayed as immediate and profound—transforming birth-status and awakening karmic memory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānuṣa Hrada, whose waters cause instant transformation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied contact with/bathing in the tīrtha waters as the catalyst.