Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ऋषिभिर्वि ष्णुना सर्वे प्रतिबोध्य प्रसादिताः । भाग्यमोक्षः कदा विष्णोर्भविष्यति तदुच्यताम्

Transliteration

ṛṣibhirvi ṣṇunā sarve pratibodhya prasāditāḥ | bhāgyamokṣaḥ kadā viṣṇorbhaviṣyati taducyatām

Translation

Après avoir tous été instruits et apaisés avec bienveillance par Viṣṇu, avec les rishis, ils dirent : « Ô Viṣṇu, quand la délivrance promise par le destin sera-t-elle atteinte ? Daigne l’énoncer. »

Word by Word

• ऋषिभिः: by the sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• प्रतिबोध्य: having instructed/awakened
• प्रतिबोध्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having first done)

• प्रसादिताः: appeased/propitiated
• प्रसादिताः: Karta (Subject state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु) → प्रसादित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• भाग्य-मोक्षः: (our) fortunate liberation
• भाग्य-मोक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); तत्पुरुष ('liberation as fortune' / 'fortunate liberation')

• कदा: when?
• कदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative adverb of time)

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitival/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Future, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• उच्यताम्: let it be told
• उच्यताम्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Imperative, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada; Passive: 'let it be said')

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Sārasvata as overarching narrator; here the sages addressing Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands or sits in calm majesty with a circle of sages; the previously agitated group now softened, hands folded, asking about the time of destined liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is approached through humble inquiry and receptivity to divine instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, a sacred region celebrated for spiritual fruition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it frames a doctrinal question about the timing of mokṣa.