Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ये भोगा भूतले ख्याता ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः । नरो नित्यं लभिष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

ye bhogā bhūtale khyātā ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ | naro nityaṃ labhiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ഭൂമിയിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധമായ ഭോഗങ്ങൾ—ദിവ്യമായാലും മാനുഷമായാലും—അവയെ മനുഷ്യൻ നിത്യമായി പ്രാപിക്കും; സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• ye: which, those
• ye: Viśeṣaṇa (Correlative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बन्धबोधक

• bhogāḥ: enjoyments, pleasures
• bhogāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhū-tale: on earth
• bhū-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhūyāḥ tale)

• khyātāḥ: well-known
• khyātāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (ख्या धातु) → khyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); क्त (past passive participle)

• ye: which
• ye: Viśeṣaṇa (Correlative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• divyāḥ: divine
• divyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: which
• ye: Viśeṣaṇa (Correlative/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• mānuṣāḥ: human
• mānuṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक) used adverbially
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• labhiṣyati: will obtain
• labhiṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• na: no, not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Pratijñā/Predicate-noun (Assertion/प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Pulastya (implied, continuing the discourse to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kshetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Royal interlocutor (implied from adjacent address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at Arbuda receives symbolic gifts: overflowing vessels, flowering trees, celestial attendants in the sky—signifying human and divine enjoyments granted by tīrtha grace.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in a sacred tīrtha’s merit is affirmed: the Purāṇa declares definite, doubtless results for the devoted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Nāgodbhava Tīrtha Māhātmya within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as a phala-śruti (promise of fruits).