Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तैः पूज्यो भगवान्देवो बालरूपी पितामहः । ये वेदाध्ययने युक्तास्तैः प्रपूज्यः पितामहः

Transliteration

taiḥ pūjyo bhagavāndevo bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ | ye vedādhyayane yuktāstaiḥ prapūjyaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Par eux doit être adoré le Seigneur Bienheureux—Pitāmaha (Brahmā) sous la forme d’un Enfant. Et par ceux qui se vouent à l’étude des Veda, Pitāmaha doit être honoré d’une vénération particulière.

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (pronoun; masculine instrumental plural)

• पूज्यः: worthy of worship; to be worshipped
• पूज्यः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज्य (√पूज् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be worshipped’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative singular; adjective)

• देवः: god; deity
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• बालरूपी: having the form of a child
• बालरूपी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (बालरूपः यस्य/बालरूपेण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā); grandsire
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (relative pronoun; masculine nominative plural)

• वेदाध्ययने: in Vedic study
• वेदाध्ययने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्ययन (प्रातिपदिक; √अधि-इ/√इ धातु)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य अध्ययनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (neuter locative singular)

• युक्ताः: engaged; devoted
• युक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (√युज् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकृत् (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (masculine nominative plural; ‘engaged/connected’)

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• प्रपूज्यः: especially to be worshipped; greatly worthy of worship
• प्रपूज्यः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + पूज्य (√पूज् धातु)
• Form: उपसर्ग-पूर्वक कृदन्त-यत्/तव्यत् (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (masculine nominative singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Veda-students and learned brāhmaṇas perform elaborate worship to Bala-Pitāmaha: recitation, offerings, and respectful prostrations, with manuscripts and ritual vessels prominent.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Bālarūpī Brahmā
• Veda-adhyayana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic learning finds its fulfillment in worship; knowledge and devotion together uphold the glory of the kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, through the explicit command to worship Pitāmaha (Brahmā) in child-form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Pitāmaha, with heightened reverence especially by those engaged in Vedic recitation and study.