Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

सा त्वं वचनमास्थाय मम धर्मभृतांवरे । सञ्जीवय प्रजा नित्यं शक्ता ह्यसि न संशयः

Transliteration

sā tvaṃ vacanamāsthāya mama dharmabhṛtāṃvare | sañjīvaya prajā nityaṃ śaktā hyasi na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, ô le meilleur des gardiens du dharma, accueille ma parole et, sans cesse, ranime et soutiens le peuple; tu en as le pouvoir—il n’y a nul doute.

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (one)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular feminine)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• वचनम्: word/command
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular)

• आस्थाय: having accepted
• आस्थाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्था (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आस्थाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; (having accepted/undertaken)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; (Genitive singular)

• धर्म-भृताम्: of the upholders of dharma
• धर्म-भृताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √भृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (Genitive plural: of the upholders of dharma)

• वरे: O best (among)
• वरे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे सप्तमी (vocative-like locative: O best among...)

• सञ्जीवय: revive
• सञ्जीवय: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) → सञ्जीवय (णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (Imperative, 2nd person singular: cause to live)

• प्रजाः: the subjects
• प्रजाः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (Accusative plural)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative: always)

• शक्ता: capable
• शक्ता: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √शक्, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Nominative singular feminine)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; (Present, 2nd person singular)

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Rājā (Vainya / Pṛthu, the king in this episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker softens into praise: addressing the 'best of dharma-bearers', urging acceptance of the word and continual revival of the people; Earth/personified figure appears reassured, with sages witnessing reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• Vasudhā/Vasundharā
• Prajā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma expresses itself as nourishment and protection of life; authority is validated by sustaining the many.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative reinforces dharma as the living power of sacred land.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is an exhortation to sustain prajā rather than a ritual directive.