Shloka 26 - Adhyaya 1 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | German | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अक्षराणां तु सर्वेषामोंकारः प्रथमो यथा । पूज्यानां तु यथा माता गुरूणां च यथा पिता । तथैव सर्वशास्त्राणां प्रधानं स्कन्दकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

akṣarāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāmoṃkāraḥ prathamo yathā | pūjyānāṃ tu yathā mātā gurūṇāṃ ca yathā pitā | tathaiva sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ pradhānaṃ skandakīrtitam

Translation

Wie der Oṃkāra der Erste unter allen Silben ist; wie die Mutter die Erste unter den Verehrungswürdigen ist und der Vater der Erste unter den Gurus; ebenso wird unter allen Śāstras das Skanda-(Purāṇa) als das wichtigste verkündet.

Word by Word

अक्षराणाम्of letters/syllables

तुindeed/but

सर्वेषाम्of all

ओंकारःOṃkāra (the syllable Oṃ)

प्रथमःthe first

यथाjust as

पूज्यानाम्of the venerable ones

तुindeed

यथाjust as

माताmother

गुरूणाम्of teachers

चand

यथाjust as

पिताfather

तथाso/thus

एवindeed

सर्वशास्त्राणाम्of all śāstras

प्रधानम्the chief/primary (one)

स्कन्दकीर्तितम्proclaimed by Skanda

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic emblem: Oṃ radiating at the top, mother and father seated as foremost venerables, and a palm-leaf manuscript labeled ‘Skanda’ presented as the chief śāstra—conveying layered reverence.

Characters & Entities

Oṃkāra

Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse establishes scriptural authority by proclaiming the Skanda Purāṇa as preeminent, using universally revered analogies (Oṃ, mother, father).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate context is Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; the verse chiefly glorifies the Skanda Purāṇa as the authoritative guide to tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a doctrinal proclamation (śāstra-prādhānya) supporting the Māhātmya’s authority.