Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तानि यथास्माभिः प्राप्यते मुनिसत्तम । तथा कुरुष्व संचिन्त्य कार्यं कार्यविदां वर

Transliteration

tasmāttāni yathāsmābhiḥ prāpyate munisattama | tathā kuruṣva saṃcintya kāryaṃ kāryavidāṃ vara

Translation

C’est pourquoi, ô le meilleur des sages, après mûre réflexion, agis de telle sorte que ces armes puissent être obtenues par nous ; ô le premier de ceux qui savent ce qu’il convient de faire.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative singular (5th/पञ्चमी) used adverbially: "therefore/from that"

• tāni: those (things)
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative plural (2nd/द्वितीया)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (उपमान/प्रकार): "as/in the manner that"

• asmābhiḥ: by us
• asmābhiḥ: Kartṛ-karaṇa (Agent/Instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental plural (3rd/तृतीया)

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriyā (Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; passive sense: "is obtained"

• munisattama: O best of sages
• munisattama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative singular (8th/सम्बोधन); karmadhāraya: "best (sattama) among sages (muni)"

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb: "thus/in that way"

• kuruṣva: do (you)
• kuruṣva: Kriyā (Injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person singular (मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन), Ātmanepada

• saṃcintya: having considered
• saṃcintya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√cint (धातु) absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्), indeclinable; "having reflected"

• kāryam: the task
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative singular (2nd/द्वितीया); object of "kuruṣva"

• kāryavidām: of those who know what should be done
• kāryavidām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + vid (प्रातिपदिक from √vid "to know")
• Form: Masculine, Genitive plural (6th/षष्ठी); tatpuruṣa: kārya-vid = "knower of what is to be done"

• vara: O excellent one
• vara: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative singular (8th/सम्बोधन); in apposition to "munisattama"

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra addressing a venerable sage (munisattama), hands in respectful gesture, requesting a well-considered plan to obtain divine weapons; atmosphere of council and restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Muni (Dadhīci, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even for the gods, success is tied to thoughtful, dharmic action guided by sages and right counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the overarching Māhātmya setting, connecting sacred geography with exemplary dharma narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse focuses on deliberation and proper means (upāya) rather than ritual.