Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जनोऽपि विस्मितः सर्वो दृष्ट्वा चित्रं तदद्भुतम्

Transliteration

jano'pi vismitaḥ sarvo dṛṣṭvā citraṃ tadadbhutam

Translation

Et tout le peuple fut saisi d’étonnement en voyant ce prodige merveilleux.

Word by Word

• जनः: the person/people
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अर्थः—‘also/even’

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (कृदन्त; √स्मि/स्मय् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), विशेषण (adjectival)

• सर्वः: all, entire
• सर्वः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• चित्रम्: a picture, a marvel
• चित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्-अद्भुतम्: that wonderful (thing)
• तत्-अद्भुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (that which is wonderful)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered crowd at the sacred bank reacts in astonishment—hands raised, some with folded palms—focused on the wondrous event that has just occurred at the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• jana (people)
• adbhuta (wonder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred signs are not merely private; they can awaken collective reverence and reinforce dharma within the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with the preceding context around Brahma-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse records communal astonishment at the event.