Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

उद्भिज्जाः स्थावराः प्रोक्तास्तृणगुल्मलता दयः । अन्येऽप्येवं यथायोगमंतर्भूताः सहस्रशः

Transliteration

udbhijjāḥ sthāvarāḥ proktāstṛṇagulmalatā dayaḥ | anye'pyevaṃ yathāyogamaṃtarbhūtāḥ sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Sprout-born beings are said to be the immovables—grasses, shrubs, creepers, and the like. In this same way, thousands of other forms are included according to their proper place.

Word by Word

• उद्भिज्जाः: plants (the udbhijja class)
• उद्भिज्जाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; जातिवाचक-नाम

• स्थावराः: immobile, stationary
• स्थावराः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• प्रोक्ताः: are said/called
• प्रोक्ताः: Karma (Predicate/कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय-भाव

• तृण: grass
• तृण: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहारार्थे (compound-member)

• गुल्म: shrub, bush
• गुल्म: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुल्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• लता: creeper, vine
• लता: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• आदयः: and others (etc.)
• आदयः: Samuccaya (Collective listing/समुच्चय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = ‘and the like’ (समुच्चयार्थ)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• एवं: thus, in this way
• एवं: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• यथा-योगम्: as appropriate, accordingly
• यथा-योगम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययत्वेन प्रयोगः; अर्थः ‘यथायोग्यं’

• अन्तर्भूताः: are included
• अन्तर्भूताः: Karma (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + भू (धातु) → अन्तर्भूत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक (distributive adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred grove near a tīrtha: layered grasses, shrubs, creepers climbing trees; the sense of countless plant forms extending beyond the frame, suggesting ‘sahasraśaḥ’ multiplicity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even plant life is honored as a living category; dharma extends beyond humans to the entire web of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching sits within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, providing universal context to the sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.