Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

ततोऽभ्युपगमाद्राज्ञः पृथोर्वैन्यस्य धीमतः । दुहितृत्वमनुप्राप्ता पृथिवीत्युच्यते ततः

Transliteration

tato'bhyupagamādrājñaḥ pṛthorvainyasya dhīmataḥ | duhitṛtvamanuprāptā pṛthivītyucyate tataḥ

Translation

Puis, par l’acceptation (et la protection) du sage roi Pṛthu Vainya, elle obtint le statut de fille ; c’est pourquoi on l’appelle Pṛthivī.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'thereupon/then'

• abhyupagamāt: from (his) acceptance/approach
• abhyupagamāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhyupagama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), पञ्चमी/तृतीया?—यहाँ पञ्चमी एकवचन (ablative sg.) = 'from/owing to acceptance/approach'

• rājñaḥ: of the king
• rājñaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन = 'of the king'

• pṛthoḥ: of Pṛthu
• pṛthoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = 'of Pṛthu'

• vainyasya: of Vainya
• vainyasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vainya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण = 'of Vainya (son of Vena)'

• dhīmataḥ: of the wise
• dhīmataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhīmat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण = 'of the intelligent one'

• duhitṛtvam: daughterhood
• duhitṛtvam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhitṛtva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन = 'daughterhood/status of being a daughter'

• anuprāptā: having obtained
• anuprāptā: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√prāp (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् = 'having attained/obtained' (agreeing with pṛthivī)

• pṛthivī: the Earth
• pṛthivī: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = 'the Earth'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग)

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = 'is called'

• tataḥ: therefore; from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (Causal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'therefore/from that'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (ethical frame for kṣetra-sevā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Pṛthu, wise and composed, receives Earth as a daughter—Bhūdevī in human form with modest ornaments, offering a gesture of trust; a court of sages witnesses the covenant of protection.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthu Vainya
• Vena
• Pṛthivī (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Earth responds to righteous guardianship; dharmic authority transforms the world into a protected ‘family’ trust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, reinforcing the dharmic worldview behind pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an origin-explanation (nirukti) tied to rāja-dharma.