Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

स देवो विष्णुना ज्ञातो ब्रह्मणा च दधीचिना । तुष्टाव भगवान्ब्रह्मा दक्षो विष्णुदिवौकसः

Transliteration

sa devo viṣṇunā jñāto brahmaṇā ca dadhīcinā | tuṣṭāva bhagavānbrahmā dakṣo viṣṇudivaukasaḥ

Translation

Jener Herr wurde von Viṣṇu, von Brahmā und von Dadhīci erkannt. Darauf priesen Brahmā, Dakṣa und die himmlischen Viṣṇu-Verehrer ihn mit Lobgesang.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ज्ञातः: known/recognized
• ज्ञातः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘ज्ञातः’ = ‘known’

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• दधीचिना: by Dadhīci
• दधीचिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तुष्टाव: praised
• तुष्टाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• भगवान्: the venerable/lordly
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णु-दिवौकसः: Viṣṇu’s celestial attendants (gods)
• विष्णु-दिवौकसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘विष्णोः दिवौकसः’ = ‘Viṣṇu’s heavenly-dwellers’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (as a collective nominative plural form; poetic)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly: Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Dadhīci in the foreground indicating recognition; behind them Dakṣa and other devas raise hands in praise toward a now-revealed (or aura-defined) Lord; the mood shifts from tension to ordered devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva/Rudra (implied as 'sa devaḥ')
• Viṣṇu
• Brahmā
• Dadhīci
• Dakṣa
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True recognition of the Supreme leads naturally to praise, surrender, and restoration of harmony among divine powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies stotra (hymnic praise) as a devotional response, though no formal rite is specified.