Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततश्चक्रे ब्रह्मचारी पितुर्वाक्यं विशेषतः

Transliteration

tataścakre brahmacārī piturvākyaṃ viśeṣataḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ആ ബ്രഹ്മചാരി പിതാവിന്റെ വാക്ക് പ്രത്യേക ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• चक्रे: did, carried out
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मचारी: the brahmacārin (student)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• पितुः: of (his) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: the instruction/word
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially, in particular
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘especially’)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The young brahmacārin diligently follows his father’s instruction, regularly offering salutations to the learned with special care.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• brahmacārī (Mṛkaṇḍa’s son)
• father (Mṛkaṇḍa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma becomes steady through disciplined follow-through—especially in the student stage of life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this line; it supports the broader sacred-narrative ethos of Arbuda-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified; it emphasizes faithful observance of the father’s dhārmic instruction.