Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

भविष्यति न संदेहो मत्समायुश्च बालकः । ततस्तैः पुनरानीतो मुक्तश्चैवाश्रमं प्रति

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho matsamāyuśca bālakaḥ | tatastaiḥ punarānīto muktaścaivāśramaṃ prati

Translation

„So wird es sein, ohne Zweifel: Der Knabe wird eine Lebensspanne haben, die der meinen gleicht.“ Danach brachten sie ihn wieder zurück und entließen ihn, damit er zum Āśrama zurückkehre.

Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन-समासपूर्वपद (my)

• samāyuḥ: having equal lifespan (to me)
• samāyuḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Qualifier of bālakaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (equal lifespan)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• bālakaḥ: the boy
• bālakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमबोधक (then)

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (again)

• ānītaḥ: was brought back
• ānītaḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānīta (कृदन्त; ā-√nī)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• muktaḥ: was released
• muktaḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (कृदन्त; √muc)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-प्रयोगे गत्यर्थ (towards)

Speaker

Narrator (quoting Brahmā’s assurance, then narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mṛkaṇḍu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā’s assurance of equal lifespan is echoed as the seven sages gently lead Mārkaṇḍeya back down from the radiant realm toward the quiet forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Sages (Munis)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certainty in divine assurance removes doubt; dharmic life proceeds with steadiness after receiving grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The overarching glorification is of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within which this sage-episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it reiterates the boon and narrates the return to the āśrama.