Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

स्वागतं वो महाभागाः सुव्युष्टा रजनी मम । भवतो यत्प्रपश्यामि ब्रूत किं करवाणि च

Transliteration

svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgāḥ suvyuṣṭā rajanī mama | bhavato yatprapaśyāmi brūta kiṃ karavāṇi ca

Translation

„Seid willkommen, ihr Hochbegnadeten; meine Nacht war wohlverbracht, da ich euch erblicke. Sagt mir: Was soll ich für euch tun?“

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana (Greeting/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशिषि/सम्बोधनार्थे (welcome!)

• वः: to you/your
• वः: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/Genitive or 4th/Dative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• महाभागाः: O greatly fortunate ones
• महाभागाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (महान् भागः येषाम्)

• सुव्युष्टा: well passed (spent)
• सुव्युष्टा: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-व्युष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) from व्युष् (to dawn/pass the night) with सु-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying रजनी)

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भवतः: of you (hon.)
• भवतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (honorific plural)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रपश्यामि: I see
• प्रपश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; धातु: पश्/दृश् with prefix प्र-

• ब्रूत: tell (me)
• ब्रूत: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; धातु: ब्रू

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• करवाणि: should I do
• करवाणि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; धातु: कृ

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Bali Vairocanī (contextual; host speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled sages (e.g., Śaunaka’s group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble daitya prince/king receives arriving sages with folded hands, offering welcome and asking their need; calm interior court with ascetics seated on kuśa mats.

Characters & Entities

• Bali Vairocanī
• Sages (Mahābhāgāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring saints transforms ordinary time into auspiciousness; humility and readiness to serve are hallmarks of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named; the verse depicts righteous hospitality in Sutala within the broader Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it continues the etiquette of welcoming and offering service to guests.