Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 179

Devanagari script

भगवन्सर्वलोकस्य जानासि त्वं शुभाशुभम् । पिता मम दुराचारो देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः

Transliteration

bhagavansarvalokasya jānāsi tvaṃ śubhāśubham | pitā mama durācāro devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ

Translation

« Ô Bienheureux, tu connais l’auspicieux et le néfaste de tous les mondes. Mon père fut d’une conduite mauvaise, outrageant les dieux et les brāhmaṇas. »

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Blessed one; O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the world(s)
• सर्वलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः: सर्वः लोकः → सर्वलोकः

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-संबन्धि सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• शुभाशुभम्: good and evil
• शुभाशुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (इतरेतर): शुभं च अशुभं च

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• दुराचारः: of bad conduct; wicked
• दुराचारः: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + आचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उपपद/प्रादि): दुष्टः आचारः यस्य सः/दुराचारः (used predicatively)

• देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः: one who reviles gods and Brahmins
• देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः: Visheshana (Qualifier of 'पिता'/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + निन्दक (प्रातिपदिक; निन्द् धातु + ण्वुल्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः: देवान् ब्राह्मणान् च निन्दति इति (कर्मधारय/उपपद-भाव)

Speaker

Vainya (Pṛthu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried king bows before sage Nārada, confessing his father’s impiety and reviling of gods and brāhmaṇas; the setting hints at a coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Devas
• Brāhmaṇas
• Vena (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence toward devas and brāhmaṇas is a pillar of purāṇic dharma; contempt for them is portrayed as spiritually ruinous.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred geography, but this verse highlights moral causality rather than a specific site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; it frames a karmic inquiry addressed to Nārada.