Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

लब्ध्वा कलेवरं सोऽथ विस्मयं परमं गतः । तत्स्मृत्वा वचनं सर्वं धर्मराजस्य धीमतः

Transliteration

labdhvā kalevaraṃ so'tha vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | tatsmṛtvā vacanaṃ sarvaṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

Translation

Ayant recouvré son corps, il fut saisi du plus grand émerveillement ; et il se souvint de toutes les paroles du sage Dharmarāja.

Word by Word

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरता/आरम्भ-अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• विस्मयम्: wonder, astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमम्: great, supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying विस्मयम्)

• गतः: attained
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि (having gone/attained)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• वचनम्: statement, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वचनम्)

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmarāja (Yama)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य राजा)

• धीमतः: wise
• धीमतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying धर्मराजस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa awakening or returning to embodied life, eyes widened in wonder, hands to chest; a subtle aura of Dharmarāja’s remembered words hovering like unseen script or light.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Vipra/Brāhmaṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction on dharma, once received, should be remembered and lived out with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The remembered teaching concerns Prabhāsa Kṣetra and Narakeśvara, though this verse narrates the recipient’s response.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the aftermath—regaining the body and recalling Dharmarāja’s words.