Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

उत्सवेषु च सर्वेषु सर्वकाले विशेषतः । पूजयेयुरिमं विप्रा ब्रह्माणं जगतां गुरुम्

Transliteration

utsaveṣu ca sarveṣu sarvakāle viśeṣataḥ | pūjayeyurimaṃ viprā brahmāṇaṃ jagatāṃ gurum

Translation

En toutes les fêtes, et en tout temps plus encore, les brāhmanes doivent vénérer ce Brahmā, le guru des mondes.

Word by Word

• utsaveṣu: in festivals
• utsaveṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Occasion locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• sarveṣu: in all
• sarveṣu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषणम्—उत्सवेषु

• sarvakāle: at all times
• sarvakāle: Adhikaraṇa (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvakāla (प्रातिपदिक; समास: सर्व + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अधिकरणे (at all times)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय; विशेष + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्); विशेषार्थक (especially)

• pūjayeyuḥ: should worship
• pūjayeyuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• imam: this
• imam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम्—ब्रह्माणम्

• viprāḥ: Brahmins
• viprāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā
• brahmāṇam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• jagatām: of the worlds
• jagatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); बहुवचन

• gurum: the teacher
• gurum: Karman (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ब्रह्माणम् इति कर्मपदस्य विशेषण-भावे (appositional)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bāla-Brahmā-sthāna within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festival scene in Prabhāsa-kṣetra: brāhmaṇas in white garments perform ārati and offer flowers to child-form Brahmā, with coastal light and temple lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for the cosmic teacher (Brahmā) should be sustained—heightened during festivals, yet upheld always.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Brahmā’s worship is emphasized as a central sacred duty.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brāhmaṇas are enjoined to worship Brahmā during all festivals and, especially, at all times.