Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततः प्रदक्षिण पराः सर्वे तत्र महर्षयः । बभूवुर्मुनयः सर्वे श्रद्धया परया युताः

Transliteration

tataḥ pradakṣiṇa parāḥ sarve tatra maharṣayaḥ | babhūvurmunayaḥ sarve śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ

Translation

Daraufhin widmeten sich dort alle großen Weisen der Pradakṣiṇā, der ehrfürchtigen Umrundung; alle Munis waren von höchstem Glauben erfüllt.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रदक्षिण-पराः: intent on circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिण-पराः: Karta-visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘प्रदक्षिणे पराः’ (intent on circumambulation)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta-visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बभूवुः: became/were
• बभूवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta-visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• परया: supreme/great
• परया: Karana-visheshana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (श्रद्धया इत्यस्य)

• युताः: endowed (with)
• युताः: Karta-visheshana (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/connected

Speaker

Pulastya (narrative voice continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra prāsāda-devatā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munis (within the narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of great sages, staffs and waterpots set aside, moving clockwise in unison around the sanctum with focused faces and folded hands, suffused with supreme faith.

Characters & Entities

• Maharṣayaḥ
• Munayaḥ
• Pradakṣiṇā
• Śraddhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing true devotion kindles devotion in others; śraddhā naturally expresses itself through embodied worship like pradakṣiṇā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Arbuda Khaṇḍa shrine locale—where even great sages are moved to worship through circumambulation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā performed with parā-śraddhā (supreme faith) is presented as an exemplary response to the site’s sanctity.