Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

जातिस्मराः पक्षिणश्च व्याजह्रुर्मानुषीं गिरम् । गंधर्वकिंनरयुगैः सिद्धविद्याधरोरगैः

Transliteration

jātismarāḥ pakṣiṇaśca vyājahrurmānuṣīṃ giram | gaṃdharvakiṃnarayugaiḥ siddhavidyādharoragaiḥ

Translation

On y trouvait des oiseaux se souvenant de leurs naissances passées, qui proféraient une parole humaine; et le lieu était fréquenté par des couples de Gandharva et de Kiṃnara, ainsi que par des Siddha, des Vidyādhara et des Nāga.

Word by Word

• जातिस्मराः: remembering former births
• जातिस्मराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जातिं स्मरन्ति इति)

• पक्षिणः: birds
• पक्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थकः

• व्याजह्रुः: uttered, spoke forth
• व्याजह्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परस्मैपदम्, perfect); प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; धातुः: आ√हृ ‘to utter/bring forth’ (वि-उपसर्गेण)

• मानुषीम्: human
• मानुषीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• गिरम्: speech, voice
• गिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• गन्धर्वकिंनरयुगैः: with pairs of gandharvas and kiṃnaras
• गन्धर्वकिंनरयुगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + किंनर (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गन्धर्व-किंनरयोः युगानि)

• सिद्धविद्याधरोरगैः: with siddhas, vidyādharas, and serpents
• सिद्धविद्याधरोरगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (सिद्ध-विद्याधर-उरग-समूहः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous grove near sacred waters where birds speak like humans, suggesting jāti-smaraṇa; above and around, paired Gandharvas and Kiṃnaras hover with garlands; Siddhas and Vidyādharas appear in the sky; Nāgas are hinted near water or beneath lotuses.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Gandharva
• Kiṃnara
• Siddha
• Vidyādhara
• Nāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great tīrtha is a liminal realm where higher beings gather and extraordinary signs appear, indicating intensified spiritual potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, depicted as a sacred domain visited by celestial and semi-divine communities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse establishes the exceptional sanctity of the place through miraculous and celestial presence.