Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

प्रियंगुं सेवमानस्य सौभाग्यं परमं भवेत् । अभीप्सितार्थसिद्धिः स्यान्नित्यं प्लक्षनिषेवणात्

Transliteration

priyaṃguṃ sevamānasya saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ bhavet | abhīpsitārthasiddhiḥ syānnityaṃ plakṣaniṣevaṇāt

Translation

Wer dem Priyaṅgu dient, dem erwächst höchstes Glück und gesegneter Wohlstand; und durch beständiges Sich-Anschließen an den Plakṣa wird die Erfüllung der ersehnten Ziele immerdar erlangt.

Word by Word

• प्रियङ्गुम्: priyaṅgu tree (a kind of plant)
• प्रियङ्गुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• सेवमानस्य: of (a person) serving
• सेवमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु) → सेवमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (परस्मैपदी) कृदन्त; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive Singular; ‘of one who is serving/using’

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Nominative, Singular; (qualifying सौभाग्यम्)

• भवेत्: would be / may become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• अभीप्सितार्थसिद्धिः: attainment of the desired object
• अभीप्सितार्थसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीप्सित + अर्थ + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अभीप्सितस्य अर्थस्य सिद्धिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be / may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण); Adverb

• प्लक्षनिषेवणात्: from/through the constant use of the plakṣa (tree)
• प्लक्षनिषेवणात्: Apadana (Source/cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लक्ष + निषेवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्लक्षस्य निषेवणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Neuter, Ablative (5th), Singular

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Beloved interlocutor / inquirer

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim repeatedly visits a plakṣa tree platform, offering water each morning; priyaṅgu plants (small, fragrant grasses/flowers) are gathered as offerings. The scene conveys steady routine—sunrise cycles, same spot, deepening serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Priyaṅgu
• Plakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expressed as reverence to sacred nature at a tīrtha is portrayed as a direct cause of auspiciousness and the fulfillment of rightful desires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the merit attached to serving Priyaṅgu and Plakṣa within its sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular niṣevaṇa (ongoing devotional resort/service) to the Plakṣa, and sevā toward Priyaṅgu.