Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इदानीं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि मनुष्याणां हिताय वै । दारिद्र्यं क्षयमाप्नोति तत्क्षणाच्च यशस्विनि

Transliteration

idānīṃ te pravakṣyāmi manuṣyāṇāṃ hitāya vai | dāridryaṃ kṣayamāpnoti tatkṣaṇācca yaśasvini

Translation

À présent je te déclarerai—vraiment pour le bien des hommes, ô Illustre—le rite par lequel la pauvreté est détruite et la renommée s’élève à l’instant même.

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of time)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular); सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धे ‘to you/for you’ अर्थे (genitive used for relation)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; प्र-उपसर्ग (Simple Future, Parasmaipada, 1st person, Singular)

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Dative, Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeclinable emphatic particle)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• आप्नोति: attains/reaches
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative; likely an authoritative narrator addressing a देवी/स्त्री interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (rite context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered teacher addresses an ‘illustrious’ listener, announcing a welfare-giving rite that destroys poverty instantly and grants fame; the setting hints at Prabhāsa’s sacred precincts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred, dharmic rites taught in a tīrtha-context are presented as uplifting human welfare, removing misfortune and generating auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse introduces an upcoming procedure (vidhi) aimed at destroying poverty and producing immediate renown; details follow in subsequent verses.