Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मज्ञानसमायुक्तास्ते भविष्यंति मानवाः

Transliteration

brahmajñānasamāyuktāste bhaviṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

Ces personnes seront alors pourvues de la connaissance de Brahman (brahma-jñāna).

Word by Word

• brahma-jñāna-samāyuktāḥ: endowed with knowledge of Brahman
• brahma-jñāna-samāyuktāḥ: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (ज्ञान प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (सम्-आ-युज् धातु + kta)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मज्ञान-समायुक्ताः = ब्रह्मज्ञानena सम्यक् युक्ताः); कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; मानवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• bhaviṣyanti: will become
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devī-āśrama on Varaparvata (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims leaving the Goddess’ presence transformed—calm faces, contemplative posture—suggesting awakening of Brahman-knowledge; sages in the hermitage teaching quietly.

Characters & Entities

• Brahman
• Mānavāḥ (people)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sacred power-center (kṣetra) is said to mature into brahma-jñāna—higher spiritual understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda-kṣetra’s holy setting (the āśrama described in this chapter) is implied as the source of this fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse states a result (attainment of brahma-jñāna).