Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तैः पूज्यो भगवान्देवो बालरूपी पितामहः । ये वेदाध्ययने युक्तास्तैः प्रपूज्यः पितामहः

Transliteration

taiḥ pūjyo bhagavāndevo bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ | ye vedādhyayane yuktāstaiḥ prapūjyaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Von ihnen soll der selige Herr—Pitāmaha (Brahmā) in Kindesgestalt—verehrt werden. Und von denen, die dem Vedenstudium hingegeben sind, soll Pitāmaha mit besonderer Ehrfurcht verehrt werden.

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (pronoun; masculine instrumental plural)

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship; to be worshipped
• पूज्यः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (√पूज् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be worshipped’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• देवः: god; deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• बालरूपी: having the form of a child
• बालरूपी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (बालरूपः यस्य/बालरूपेण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā); grandsire
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (relative pronoun; masculine nominative plural)

• वेदाध्ययने: in Vedic study
• वेदाध्ययने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक; √अधि-इ/√इ धातु)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य अध्ययनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• युक्ताः: engaged; devoted
• युक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (√युज् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural; ‘engaged/connected’)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• प्रपूज्यः: especially to be worshipped; greatly worthy of worship
• प्रपूज्यः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + पूज्य (√पूज् धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग-पूर्वक कृदन्त-यत्/तव्यत् (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Veda-students and learned brāhmaṇas perform elaborate worship to Bala-Pitāmaha: recitation, offerings, and respectful prostrations, with manuscripts and ritual vessels prominent.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Bālarūpī Brahmā
• Veda-adhyayana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic learning finds its fulfillment in worship; knowledge and devotion together uphold the glory of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the explicit command to worship Pitāmaha (Brahmā) in child-form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Pitāmaha, with heightened reverence especially by those engaged in Vedic recitation and study.