Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य सर्वे ते हृष्टमानसाः । गंतुं प्रवृत्ताः सहसा कोटिसंख्यास्तपोधनाः

Transliteration

etacchrutvā vacastasya sarve te hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | gaṃtuṃ pravṛttāḥ sahasā koṭisaṃkhyāstapodhanāḥ

Translation

Ayant entendu ses paroles, tous ces ascètes, riches d’austérités, furent transportés de joie au cœur et, aussitôt, se mirent en route, par crores.

Word by Word

• etat: this (that which)
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• hṛṣṭa-mānasāḥ: joyful-minded
• hṛṣṭa-mānasāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √hṛṣ) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (having delighted minds)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + तुमुन् (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थक (to go)

• pravṛttāḥ: set out, proceeded
• pravṛttāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vṛt (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकालिक/परिणाम (having set out), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन

• sahasā: suddenly, quickly
• sahasā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• koṭi-saṃkhyāḥ: numbering crores
• koṭi-saṃkhyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numbered in crores)

• tapo-dhanāḥ: ascetics (whose wealth is tapas)
• tapo-dhanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (whose wealth is austerity)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kubera-āśrama (destination)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast procession of ascetics—matted hair, staffs, waterpots—setting out swiftly, faces bright with purpose; dust rises on the path toward a forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (implied by 'his words')
• Ascetics/Brāhmaṇas (tapodhanāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sacred instruction is received, prompt and joyful action in dharma (such as tīrtha-yātrā and darśana) is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The journey is toward Kubera’s Āśrama in the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it emphasizes immediate undertaking of the pilgrimage.