Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दक्षिणासहिताः सर्वे यथा यांति तथा कुरु । पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा कृत्वा ध्यानं तदा मया

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāsahitāḥ sarve yathā yāṃti tathā kuru | pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā kṛtvā dhyānaṃ tadā mayā

Translation

„Sorge dafür, dass alle, wie es sich ziemt, mit dakṣiṇā versehen fortgehen; tue es so, dass es vollbracht werde.“ Als ich die Worte des Pitāmaha (Brahmā) vernommen hatte, trat ich in Meditation ein.

Word by Word

• dakṣiṇā-sahitāḥ: accompanied by the fee
• dakṣiṇā-sahitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक) + sahita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘दक्षिणया सहिताः’ (accompanied by dakṣiṇā); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• sarve: all (of them)
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb): ‘as/so that’

• yānti: go, depart
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tathā: so, thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb): ‘thus/so’

• kuru: do (it)
• kuru: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• pitāmaha-vacaḥ: the word of Pitāmaha
• pitāmaha-vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक) + vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): ‘पितामहस्य वचः’ (grandfather’s word; i.e., Brahmā’s); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive): ‘having heard’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive): ‘having done’

• dhyānam: meditation
• dhyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time): ‘then’

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental): ‘by me’

Speaker

Śiva (narrating in first person: “by me”), after hearing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A command is issued—‘let all depart with dakṣiṇā’—followed by the narrator/actor entering meditation. The scene shifts from a busy yajña pavilion to a still, focused meditative posture, indicating transition from external ritual to internal power.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Dakṣiṇā
• Dhyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld when sacred labor is honored; right giving (dakṣiṇā) and inner contemplation (dhyāna) together bring auspicious completion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where divine intervention responds to ritual need and establishes enduring tīrtha-glory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensuring all officiants receive dakṣiṇā; additionally, the verse highlights dhyāna as the means by which divine aid is invoked.