Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एवं संतारितास्तेन चत्वारस्ते द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃtāritāstena catvāraste dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Ainsi, par lui, ces quatre brāhmaṇas d’élite furent conduits au-delà, délivrés.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adjunct/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• saṃtāritāḥ: were delivered/saved
• saṃtāritāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃtārita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √tṝ + sam)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter)

• catvāraḥ: four
• catvāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catvāri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural) — संख्या

• te: those
• te: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dvijottamāḥ: excellent Brahmins
• dvijottamāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvijānām uttamāḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benefactor-sage figure stands at a sacred coastal tīrtha, with four venerable brāhmaṇas shown as being ‘carried across’—symbolically crossing a luminous waterway toward safety and purity.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma performed with compassion culminates in ‘tāraṇa’—the saving deliverance of others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative conclusion belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing the kṣetra’s liberating power when joined to right rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It summarizes the successful completion and effect of the śrāddha performed earlier.