Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततश्चक्रे ब्रह्मचारी पितुर्वाक्यं विशेषतः

Transliteration

tataścakre brahmacārī piturvākyaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

तब उस ब्रह्मचारी ने पिता की आज्ञा का विशेष रूप से सावधानीपूर्वक पालन किया।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• चक्रे: did, carried out
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचारी: the brahmacārin (student)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: the instruction/word
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially, in particular
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘especially’)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The young brahmacārin diligently follows his father’s instruction, regularly offering salutations to the learned with special care.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• brahmacārī (Mṛkaṇḍa’s son)
• father (Mṛkaṇḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma becomes steady through disciplined follow-through—especially in the student stage of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this line; it supports the broader sacred-narrative ethos of Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified; it emphasizes faithful observance of the father’s dhārmic instruction.