Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

गया च देवखातानि पितरो देवमानवाः । श्रुत्वा प्रमुदिता वाचं प्रोचुर्जयजयेति च

Transliteration

gayā ca devakhātāni pitaro devamānavāḥ | śrutvā pramuditā vācaṃ procurjayajayeti ca

Translation

Gayā, les bassins sacrés creusés par les dieux, les Pitṛs, ainsi que les dieux et les hommes—ayant entendu ces paroles réjouissantes—proclamèrent : «Victoire ! Victoire !»

Word by Word

• गया: Gayā (tīrtha)
• गया: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवखातानि: divine tanks/pits (excavated by gods)
• देवखातानि: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + खात (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवैः खातानि/देवकृत-खातानि: 'divine excavations/tanks')

• पितरः: the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितरः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देव-मानवाः: gods and humans
• देव-मानवाः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• प्रमुदिताः: delighted
• प्रमुदिताः: Visheshana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of देवमानवाः/पितरः etc.)

• वाचम्: speech/words
• वाचम्: Karma (Object of श्रुत्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोचुः: proclaimed/said
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जय: victory!
• जय: Vacana (Quoted utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: उद्गार-रूप अव्यय (exclamatory cry)

• जय: victory!
• जय: Vacana (Quoted utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: उद्गार-रूप अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayā; Deva-khāta (divinely-dug holy pools)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narrative audience; dramatis personae include pitṛs, devas, humans

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tri-layered assembly: Pitṛs in subtle luminous forms, devas in radiant aerial posture, humans on earth—together acclaiming ‘Jaya, jaya!’; in the background, Gayā’s sacred landscape and shimmering deva-khāta pools.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Pitṛs
• gods
• humans
• devakhāta tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and spiritual beings (including the Pitṛs) rejoice when supreme dharma and tīrtha-glory are proclaimed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā is explicitly mentioned among revered tīrthas, within the broader Dvārakā-centered celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse depicts collective rejoicing and proclamation of ‘jaya jaya’.