Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विज्ञाय शुद्धमेनं तु राजा धर्मसुतो द्रुतम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितः प्राप्तस्तं द्रष्टुं नरपुंगवम्

Transliteration

vijñāya śuddhamenaṃ tu rājā dharmasuto drutam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ prāptastaṃ draṣṭuṃ narapuṃgavam

Translation

Als König Dharmasuta erkannte, dass er gereinigt war, kam er eilends—zusammen mit seinen Brüdern—um jenen Stier unter den Menschen zu sehen.

Word by Word

• vijñāya: having understood/knowing
• vijñāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः; धातुः √jñā, उपसर्गः vi-; अर्थः ‘ज्ञात्वा’

• śuddham: pure/cleansed
• śuddham: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (enam इत्यस्य)

• enam: him
• enam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• dharmasutaḥ: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharmasutaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dharma-suta = धर्मस्य सुतः); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; rājā इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) रूपेण; अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः

• bhrātṛbhiḥ: with (his) brothers
• bhrātṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/ सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (rājā)

• prāptaḥ: arrived
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (arrived)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), अव्यय; प्रयोजनार्थक

• narapuṃgavam: the foremost of men
• narapuṃgavam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपमानार्थः (narāṇāṃ puṃgavaḥ = among men, a bull/foremost); पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (third-person)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal party approaches a newly purified man near the tīrtha: the king (Dharmasuta) at the front with his brothers, attendants holding standards; the purified man stands calm, radiant, and modest, indicating inner transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmasuta
• Brothers (Pāṇḍavas, implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification becomes evident and is honored by the righteous; dharma recognizes dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The purification referenced is the result of observances at Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it narrates the social and dhārmic acknowledgment of the tīrtha’s effect.