Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रभासक्षेत्रं गच्छंतु ममादेशपरायणाः । साग्निभिर्ब्राह्मणैः सार्द्धं गच्छंतु क्षेत्रमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

prabhāsakṣetraṃ gacchaṃtu mamādeśaparāyaṇāḥ | sāgnibhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ gacchaṃtu kṣetramuttamam

Translation

Qu’ils aillent à Prabhāsa Kṣetra, entièrement voués à mon ordre. Qu’ils se rendent à ce champ sacré suprême avec les brāhmaṇas et les feux sacrés.

Word by Word

• prabhāsa-kṣetram: the Prabhāsa sacred region
• prabhāsa-kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्)

• gacchantu: let them go
• gacchantu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ādeśa-parāyaṇāḥ: devoted to my command
• ādeśa-parāyaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आदेशे परायणाः = devoted to the command)

• sa-agnibhiḥ: together with (their) sacred fires
• sa-agnibhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘स’ उपपदपूर्वक (with their fires)

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: with the brāhmaṇas
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• sārddham: together
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सहवाचक अव्यय (adverb/preposition: ‘together with’)

• gacchantu: let them go
• gacchantu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kṣetram: to the region
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent/supreme
• uttamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (क्षेत्रम् विशेषयति)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (command issued by Candra implied from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal or divine messenger issues a command: devotees set out toward Prabhāsa Kṣetra in a solemn procession, brāhmaṇas walking with kindled sacred fires in portable vessels, banners fluttering toward the sea-coast shrine-land.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Brāhmaṇas
• Sacred fires (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and worship are strengthened by obedience to dharmic leadership and by honoring Vedic sanctity through brāhmaṇas and sacred fires.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the supreme kṣetra to be approached.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking the journey to Prabhāsa with brāhmaṇas and maintaining the sacrificial fires for yajña-related rites.