Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

भीमादिभिर्भ्रातृभिश्च तदा गुरुगणैर्वृतः । आलिंगितः प्रहृष्टैस्तु नरो गुणगणैर्वृतः

Transliteration

bhīmādibhirbhrātṛbhiśca tadā gurugaṇairvṛtaḥ | āliṃgitaḥ prahṛṣṭaistu naro guṇagaṇairvṛtaḥ

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក គាត់ត្រូវបានព័ទ្ធជុំវិញដោយបងប្អូនដូចជា ភីម និងក្រុមអ្នកចាស់ទុំ ហើយបុរសនោះដែលពោរពេញដោយគុណធម៌ ត្រូវពួកគេអោបដោយសេចក្តីរីករាយ។

Word by Word

• bhīmādibhiḥ: by/with Bhīma and others
• bhīmādibhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (bhīma-ādi = भीमः आदिः येषां ते); पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• bhrātṛbhiḥ: by/with (his) brothers
• bhrātṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• gurugaṇaiḥ: by/with groups of elders/teachers
• gurugaṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (gurūṇāṃ gaṇaḥ); पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vṛtaḥ: surrounded/attended
• vṛtaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘vṛta’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि भावे ‘surrounded/attended’

• āliṃgitaḥ: embraced
• āliṃgitaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√liṅg (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle) ‘āliṃgita’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• prahṛṣṭaiḥ: by the delighted (people)
• prahṛṣṭaiḥ: Karaṇa/Sahakāraka (By delighted ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘prahṛṣṭa’; पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन; (जनैः) इति अध्याहारः

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• naraḥ: the man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• guṇagaṇaiḥ: by hosts of virtues
• guṇagaṇaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrumental: by virtues)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (guṇānāṃ gaṇaḥ); पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vṛtaḥ: endowed/surrounded
• vṛtaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘vṛta’; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (third-person)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A virtuous pilgrim/hero is surrounded by Bhīma and other brothers, with venerable elders behind them; they embrace him with delighted faces in a sacred coastal tīrtha setting.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Brothers (Pāṇḍavas, implicit)
• Elders/Teachers (guru-gaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sin is removed and virtue shines, society naturally honors the purified person—dharma becomes socially radiant.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The honored purification is attributed to the Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha of Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription appears; it narrates the joyful embrace and recognition following successful prāyaścitta at the tīrtha.