Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दीपं प्रयच्छते यस्तु वसिष्ठाग्रे समाहितः । सुखसौभाग्यसंयुक्तस्तेजस्वी जायते नरः

Transliteration

dīpaṃ prayacchate yastu vasiṣṭhāgre samāhitaḥ | sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyuktastejasvī jāyate naraḥ

Translation

ഏകാഗ്രചിത്തനായി വസിഷ്ഠന്റെ സന്നിധിയിൽ ദീപം അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ സുഖ‑സൗഭാഗ്യസമ്പന്നനായി തേജസ്വിയും കീർത്തിമാനുമായിത്തീരും।

Word by Word

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रयच्छते: gives/offers
• प्रयच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (but/indeed)

• वसिष्ठाग्रे: in front of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठाग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘वसिष्ठस्य अग्रे’)

• समाहितः: composed/collected (in mind)
• समाहितः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुक्तः: endowed with happiness and good fortune
• सुखसौभाग्यसंयुक्तः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + सौभाग्य + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (‘सुखेन सौभाग्येन च संयुक्तः’)

• तेजस्वी: radiant/energetic
• तेजस्वी: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• जायते: is born/becomes
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced, Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-tīrtha (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, hands cupped in reverence, places a lit lamp before a serene Vasiṣṭha seated in āśrama setting; surrounding forested hillscape of Arbuda; soft halo of light symbolizing tejas and fortune.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a simple offering done with concentration—like lamp-giving—becomes a powerful act of dharma when performed in a sanctified setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred precinct before Vasiṣṭha at his āśrama (Arbuda Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna: offering a lamp before Vasiṣṭha with a collected mind (samāhita).