Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

गीतवादित्रशब्दैश्च तथा मंगलवाचकैः । पूजयित्वा महादेवं ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्ति वाच्य च

Transliteration

gītavāditraśabdaiśca tathā maṃgalavācakaiḥ | pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ brāhmaṇānsvasti vācya ca

Translation

ഗീതവും വാദ്യധ്വനിയും മംഗളവചനങ്ങളും മുഴങ്ങുമ്പോൾ അവൻ മഹാദേവനെ പൂജിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ ആദരിച്ചു സ്വസ്തിവാചനം നടത്തിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• गीत-वादित्र-शब्दैः: with sounds of songs and instruments
• गीत-वादित्र-शब्दैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (songs and instrument-sounds)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मङ्गल-वाचकैः: with auspicious utterances
• मङ्गल-वाचकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक) + वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वस्ति: ‘svasti’ (blessing: well-being)
• स्वस्ति: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: आशीर्वाद-निपात (benedictive particle/word)

• वाच्य: to be uttered / should be said
• वाच्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/passive necessity); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (impersonal: ‘to be said’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Mahādeva worship context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive temple courtyard: singers and instrumentalists play while the daitya-king completes Mahādeva’s worship; brāhmaṇas sit in a row receiving honor as svasti-mantras are pronounced.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes beginning major actions with maṅgala (auspiciousness), worship of Śiva, and respectful honouring of brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is Dvārakā Māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, celebrating the sacred sphere of Dvārakā and its dharmic rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maṅgala-vācana (auspicious recitations), pūjā of Mahādeva, and brāhmaṇa-sat-kāra with svasti-vācana (pronouncement of blessings).