Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । एवं संपूजितस्तेन हरिणा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । उवाच परिसन्तुष्टो वरं ब्रूहीति केशवम्

Transliteration

śrīprahlāda uvāca | evaṃ saṃpūjitastena hariṇā brāhmaṇottamaḥ | uvāca parisantuṣṭo varaṃ brūhīti keśavam

Translation

Prahlāda sprach: So von Hari geehrt und recht verehrt, sagte jener erhabenste Brahmane, ganz zufrieden, zu Keśava: „Sprich — wähle dir eine Gabe.“

Word by Word

• śrī-prahlādaḥ: the revered Prahlāda
• śrī-prahlādaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक; उपपद/उपाधि) + prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (śrīmān prahlādaḥ)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• evam: thus/in this manner
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); प्रकारवाचक

• saṃpūjitaḥ: honored/worshipped
• saṃpūjitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √pūj (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (brāhmaṇottamaḥ इति)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• hariṇā: by Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariṇā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• brāhmaṇa-uttamaḥ: the best of brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇa-uttamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brāhmaṇānām uttamaḥ)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• parisantuṣṭaḥ: fully satisfied
• parisantuṣṭaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + sam + √tuṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (brāhmaṇottamaḥ इति)

• varam: a boon
• varam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• brūhi: tell/say
• brūhi: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• keśavam: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• keśavam: Karma (Object addressed/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda narrates: Hari has honored a foremost brāhmaṇa (Durvāsā contextually), who, pleased, invites Keśava to ask for a boon; a court/āśrama setting with ritual hospitality and reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Hari
• Keśava
• Brāhmaṇa (Durvāsā, implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship (saṃpūjā) culminates in grace—where the worthy bestow boons for dharmic purposes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage leads into the praise of Varadāna Tīrtha in Dvārakā (revealed in the following verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights proper honoring of a brāhmaṇa-sage; detailed snāna and worship merits follow later in the chapter.