Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

ऋचस्ते सकला ह्येतास्तथा यानि यजूंषि च । सकलानि च सामानि निपतंति त्वदंगतः

Transliteration

ṛcaste sakalā hyetāstathā yāni yajūṃṣi ca | sakalāni ca sāmāni nipataṃti tvadaṃgataḥ

Translation

ឥន្ទ្រសូត្រ (Ṛg) ទាំងអស់នេះជារបស់អ្នក; រូបមន្ត​យជុស (Yajus) ក៏ដូចគ្នា; ហើយបទច្រៀង​សាមន (Sāman) ទាំងអស់ ក៏ហូរចេញពីព្រះកាយរបស់អ្នក។

Word by Word

• ऋचः: Ṛg-verses (ṛcas)
• ऋचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• सकलाः: all, entire
• सकलाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb), अव्यय

• यानि: which (those)
• यानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यजूंषि: Yajus-formulas (Yajur verses)
• यजूंषि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction), अव्यय

• सकलानि: all
• सकलानि: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction), अव्यय

• सामानि: Sāman-chants
• सामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निपतन्ति: fall down, descend
• निपतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वद्-अङ्गतः: from your body/limb
• त्वद्-अङ्गतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘-तः’ = from; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वदङ्ग) + तसिल्

Speaker

A devotee/praiser within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context (Vedic-identification stuti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the deity’s body emanate streams of luminous syllables—Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman—appearing as flowing script or sound-waves, descending into sages who receive and chant them near the sacred coast.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Vedas are not separate from the Divine; sacred revelation is portrayed as emanating from the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Lord is praised as the very source of Vedic holiness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse frames Vedic recitation and ritual sound as rooted in the deity.