Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जनोऽपि विस्मितः सर्वो दृष्ट्वा चित्रं तदद्भुतम्

Transliteration

jano'pi vismitaḥ sarvo dṛṣṭvā citraṃ tadadbhutam

Translation

ປະຊາຊົນທັງໝົດກໍຕື່ນຕະລຶງ ເມື່ອເຫັນການອັດສະຈັນອັນນ່າພິສົດນັ້ນ។

Word by Word

• जनः: the person/people
• जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अर्थः—‘also/even’

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (कृदन्त; √स्मि/स्मय् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), विशेषण (adjectival)

• सर्वः: all, entire
• सर्वः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• चित्रम्: a picture, a marvel
• चित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्-अद्भुतम्: that wonderful (thing)
• तत्-अद्भुतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (that which is wonderful)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gathered crowd at the sacred bank reacts in astonishment—hands raised, some with folded palms—focused on the wondrous event that has just occurred at the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• jana (people)
• adbhuta (wonder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred signs are not merely private; they can awaken collective reverence and reinforce dharma within the community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with the preceding context around Brahma-tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse records communal astonishment at the event.