Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

इदानीं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि मनुष्याणां हिताय वै । दारिद्र्यं क्षयमाप्नोति तत्क्षणाच्च यशस्विनि

Transliteration

idānīṃ te pravakṣyāmi manuṣyāṇāṃ hitāya vai | dāridryaṃ kṣayamāpnoti tatkṣaṇācca yaśasvini

Translation

Kini akan kukatakan kepadamu—sungguh demi kesejahteraan umat manusia, wahai yang mulia—tata cara yang dengannya kemiskinan musnah dan kemasyhuran terbit pada saat itu juga.

Word by Word

• इदानीम्: now
• इदानीम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of time)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular); सम्बोधन-सम्बन्धे ‘to you/for you’ अर्थे (genitive used for relation)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain/tell
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; प्र-उपसर्ग (Simple Future, Parasmaipada, 1st person, Singular)

• मनुष्याणाम्: of humans
• मनुष्याणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Dative, Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक निपात (indeclinable emphatic particle)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• आप्नोति: attains/reaches
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• तत्क्षणात्: from that very moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Ablative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative, Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative; likely an authoritative narrator addressing a देवी/स्त्री interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (rite context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered teacher addresses an ‘illustrious’ listener, announcing a welfare-giving rite that destroys poverty instantly and grants fame; the setting hints at Prabhāsa’s sacred precincts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred, dharmic rites taught in a tīrtha-context are presented as uplifting human welfare, removing misfortune and generating auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse introduces an upcoming procedure (vidhi) aimed at destroying poverty and producing immediate renown; details follow in subsequent verses.