Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि । विनायकस्य माहात्म्यं महत्त्वं शांतिकं तथा

Transliteration

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | vināyakasya māhātmyaṃ mahattvaṃ śāṃtikaṃ tathā

Translation

നീ എന്നോടു ചോദിച്ചതെല്ലാം ഞാൻ നിനക്കു സമ്യകായി വിശദീകരിച്ചു—വിനായകന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം, അവന്റെ മഹത്ത്വം, കൂടാതെ ശാന്തി നൽകുന്ന പ്രഭാവവും.

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी/षष्ठी (4/6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (dative/genitive singular: 'to you/your')

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc singular; adjective)

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थक (past participle: 'has been told')

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्ययवत् (relative particle introducing clause: 'which/that')

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (accusative singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (nominative singular)

• परिपृच्छसि: you ask
• परिपृच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन (present indicative, 2nd sg)

• विनायकस्य: of Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• विनायकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (masculine, genitive singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• महत्त्वम्: majesty/importance
• महत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc singular)

• शान्तिकम्: pacificatory (for appeasement)
• शान्तिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc singular; adjective)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (indeclinable: 'and also')

Speaker

Unspecified (contextually the responding sage/narrator concluding the explanation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpaśreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-narrator concludes the teaching to a king: calm assembly, palm-leaf manuscript, Vināyaka’s icon nearby; the mood is settled and pacified.

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is transmitted through inquiry and complete exposition, emphasizing Vināyaka’s role as a bestower of peace and auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting (Arbuda/Mount Abu sacred geography) within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed in this verse; it marks a summary/closure of the māhātmya explanation.