Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

साधुभिः सह संवासात्के गुणाः परिकीर्त्तिताः । के लोकाः कानि पुण्यानि तत्सर्वं शंस मे प्रभो

Transliteration

sādhubhiḥ saha saṃvāsātke guṇāḥ parikīrttitāḥ | ke lokāḥ kāni puṇyāni tatsarvaṃ śaṃsa me prabho

Translation

Ô Seigneur, quelles vertus dit-on naître du séjour auprès des saints ? Quels mondes atteint-on, et quels mérites en recueille-t-on ? Dis-moi tout cela, ô Maître.

Word by Word

• साधुभिः: with the holy/virtuous (people)
• साधुभिः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition/adverb meaning ‘with’)

• संवासात्: from association (living together)
• संवासात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ—‘from/through association (dwelling together)’

• के: which/what (ones)
• के: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; प्रश्न

• गुणाः: qualities
• गुणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• परिकीर्तिताः: have been proclaimed
• परिकीर्तिताः: Kriya-Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+कीर्त् (धातु) → परिकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘गुणाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण—‘have been proclaimed’

• के: which
• के: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; प्रश्न

• लोकाः: worlds/realms
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कानि: which/what
• कानि: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; प्रश्न

• पुण्यानि: merits/holy acts
• पुण्यानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘that’ (correlative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘तत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• शंस: tell / declare
• शंस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic); ‘to me/for me’

• प्रभो: O Lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified devotee/inquirer (listener in the Śiva dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, earnest and devotional, asks about the virtues and heavenly attainments arising from living among sādhus; the scene suggests an assembly near a sacred shrine with ascetics present.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy association (sādhu-saṅga) is presented as a direct cause of inner virtues and spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya) within the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed in this verse; it asks about the fruits of living with the holy.