Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

नानानृपसहस्राणां घोषणा क्रियतां मुहुः । सर्वेषां घोषणा कार्या प्रभासागमनं प्रति

Transliteration

nānānṛpasahasrāṇāṃ ghoṣaṇā kriyatāṃ muhuḥ | sarveṣāṃ ghoṣaṇā kāryā prabhāsāgamanaṃ prati

Translation

Que l’on fasse l’annonce, encore et encore, à des milliers de rois de toutes contrées; que l’annonce soit faite à tous au sujet du pèlerinage vers Prabhāsa.

Word by Word

• नानानृपसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of diverse kings
• नानानृपसहस्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नानाविधाः नृपाः; तेषां सहस्राणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of thousands of various kings”

• घोषणा: proclamation
• घोषणा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “proclamation/announcement”

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; “let it be done/made”

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) “again and again/repeatedly”

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; “of all”

• घोषणा: proclamation
• घोषणा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोषणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “proclamation”

• कार्या: should be done
• कार्या: Vidhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कार्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: भविष्यत्कर्मणि कृदन्त (यत्/अनीयर्-भावार्थ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण “to be done/should be made”

• प्रभासागमनम्: the coming to Prabhāsa
• प्रभासागमनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + आगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य आगमनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; “coming to Prabhāsa”

• प्रति: towards/for
• प्रति: Pratiyogi/Direction (Goal/प्रति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/पूर्वसर्ग), अर्थे—“towards/with regard to”

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Royal heralds and ministers dispatch messengers in all directions; proclamations read aloud in courts and marketplaces, calling thousands of kings to journey to Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Kings (Nṛpas)
• Pilgrimage proclamation

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is meant to be shared publicly; inviting others to pilgrimage is itself a dharmic act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly named as the destination for which announcements must be made.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated public proclamations summoning rulers and people toward the Prabhāsa pilgrimage (yātrā) and its rites.