Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 155
Devanagari script
अनुक्रमेण सर्वेषां पतिता पादयोः शुभा । आदेशं देहि मे तात कि नु कार्यं मयाऽधुना
Transliteration
anukrameṇa sarveṣāṃ patitā pādayoḥ śubhā | ādeśaṃ dehi me tāta ki nu kāryaṃ mayā'dhunā
Translation
In due order, the auspicious girl bowed at the feet of them all and said, “Father, command me—what should I do now?”
Word by Word
अनुक्रमेणgradually, in order
अनुक्रमेण:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — instrumental-form used adverbially; ‘in due order/gradually’
सर्वेषाम्of all
सर्वेषाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — ‘of all’
पतिता(she) fell/prostrated
पतिता:
Kriyā (Main action as participle/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘having fallen/prostrated’
पादयोःat the feet
पादयोः:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) द्विवचन (also can function as locative/dual) — ‘at/on the feet (of two)’
शुभाauspicious, fair
शुभा:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — qualifying implied ‘she’
आदेशम्command, instruction
आदेशम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of ‘देहि’
देहिgive
देहि:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘give’
मेto me
मे:
Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (enclitic) — here dative sense with ‘देहि’: ‘to me’
तातdear father
तात:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — address
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — interrogative ‘what’
नुindeed?, then?
नु:
Prayojaka-nipāta (Interrogative particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक-निपात) — interrogative particle
कार्यम्duty, what is to be done
कार्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘to be done/what should be done’
मयाby me
मया:
Kartṛ (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — agent/instrument ‘by me’
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक) — temporal adverb
Speaker
Daughter (addressing her father)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The daughter, auspicious and composed, bows at the feet of her elders in proper order and asks her father for instruction on what to do.
Characters & Entities
D
DaughterF
FatherM
Mother (implied)E
Elders/All present (sarveṣām)FAQs
Humility and willingness to receive guidance are presented as virtues that support dharmic life.
The larger frame remains Prabhāsakṣetra, though this verse focuses on conduct (ācāra).
None; it highlights respectful behavior toward elders.