Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

गोरसेन तदा तेषाममृतेनेव पूरितान् । बुभुक्षितानां पुटकान्मुनीनां तृप्तिकारणात्

Transliteration

gorasena tadā teṣāmamṛteneva pūritān | bubhukṣitānāṃ puṭakānmunīnāṃ tṛptikāraṇāt

Translation

Da wurden ihre Blattbecher mit Milch gefüllt, als wäre es Amṛta-Nektar—und für die hungrigen Weisen wurde es zum Grund der Sättigung.

Word by Word

• गोरसेन: with cow’s milk
• गोरसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोः रसः); पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (with cow’s milk)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (then)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (of them)

• अमृतेन: with nectar
• अमृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (with nectar)

• इव: as if
• इव: Comparator (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमार्थक-निपातः (like/as if)

• पूरितान्: filled
• पूरितान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘filled’ (agreeing with पुटकान्)

• बुभुक्षितानाम्: of the hungry
• बुभुक्षितानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुभुक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘of the hungry’

• पुटकान्: cups/leaf-bowls
• पुटकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• मुनीनाम्: of the sages
• मुनीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• तृप्ति-कारणात्: because it caused satisfaction
• तृप्ति-कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तृप्तेः कारणम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थे पञ्चमी (because of)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Leaf-cups in the hands of hungry sages are filled with white milk that glows like nectar, their faces softening into satisfaction as the miracle unfolds.

Characters & Entities

• munis (sages)
• goras (milk)
• amṛta (nectar)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha, even ordinary food becomes ‘nectar’ when given through divine compassion and received with purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the sacred landscape being narrated, where divine aid manifests tangibly for devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the dharma of feeding and satisfying sages/guests; no detailed vrata or snāna rule appears in this verse.