Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तानि सर्वाणि चागत्य साहाय्यं ते वरानने । करिष्यंति त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यो वै मम शासनात्

Transliteration

tāni sarvāṇi cāgatya sāhāyyaṃ te varānane | kariṣyaṃti trayastriṃśatkoṭyo vai mama śāsanāt

Translation

All jene Tīrthas werden kommen und dir Beistand leisten, o Schönangesichtige — wahrlich dreiunddreißig Krore, auf meinen Befehl.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things/beings)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having come’

• साहाय्यम्: help, assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhāyya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘beautiful-faced’)

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यः: thirty-three crores (of them)
• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayastriṃśat + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/विशेषण-तत्पुरुष (‘of thirty-three’ + ‘crores’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शासनात्: from (my) command; by (my) order
• शासनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from immediate context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (All-tīrtha-sannipāta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed ‘daughter’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast celestial procession of tīrtha-deities arrives—countless figures with water pots, lotuses, river emblems, and radiant halos—surrounding the fair-faced maiden to offer assistance under Brahmā’s unseen command.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sarasvatī
• Tīrthas
• Trayastrinśat-koṭi (33 crores)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not merely geography in the Purāṇas; they are living powers that respond to divine ordinance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, envisioned as a supreme field where innumerable tīrthas assemble.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse magnifies tīrtha-power and divine sanction rather than prescribing a vow.