Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । प्रसादः क्रियतामस्य सागरस्य द्विजोत्तमाः । यथा पवित्रतां याति मद्वाक्यात्क्रियतां तथा

Transliteration

brahmovāca | prasādaḥ kriyatāmasya sāgarasya dvijottamāḥ | yathā pavitratāṃ yāti madvākyātkriyatāṃ tathā

Translation

Brahmā sprach: „O Beste der Zweimalgeborenen (Dvija), gewährt diesem Ozean eure Gunst. Handelt nach meiner Bitte, damit er Reinheit erlange.“

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• prasādaḥ: favor, grace
• prasādaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kriyatām: let (it) be done / be made
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• asya: of this (one)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• sāgarasya: of the ocean
• sāgarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• dvijottamāḥ: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijottamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yathā: so that / as
• yathā: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्धबोधक/उपमानार्थक (correlative: 'as/so that')

• pavitratām: purity
• pavitratām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavitrā + tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yāti: attains, goes to
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• madvākyāt: from my word/command
• madvākyāt: Apādāna (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kriyatām: let it be done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• tathā: thus, in that way
• tathā: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थक/तुल्यार्थक (correlative: 'thus/so')

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sāgara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kṣetra-vāsin brāhmaṇas (dvijottamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks directly to the brāhmaṇas: hands folded or in a gentle boon-request gesture; the ocean behind appears awaiting purification; brāhmaṇas listen with composed authority, ready to grant prasāda.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Dvijottama (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and auspiciousness are secured through righteous blessing (prasāda) and dharmic action, even for vast cosmic elements like the ocean.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean-side sanctity of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the sea itself becomes an object of ritual appeasement and purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing ‘prasāda’ (appeasement/grace-bestowing rite) so the ocean attains pavitratā (purity).