Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

वयं महर्षयो विप्राः प्रदद्मोऽद्य तवाऽशिषः । व्यासशिष्य महाप्राज्ञ चिरं जीव सुखी भव

Transliteration

vayaṃ maharṣayo viprāḥ pradadmo'dya tavā'śiṣaḥ | vyāsaśiṣya mahāprājña ciraṃ jīva sukhī bhava

Translation

ഞങ്ങൾ ബ്രാഹ്മണ മഹർഷികൾ ഇന്ന് നിനക്കാശീർവാദം നൽകുന്നു—ഹേ വ്യാസശിഷ്യാ, ഹേ മഹാപ്രാജ്ഞാ, ദീർഘായുസ്സോടെ സുഖിയായി ജീവിക്ക.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), बहुवचन (plural), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative)

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), बहुवचन (plural), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative)

• विप्राः: brāhmaṇas, learned men
• विप्राः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), बहुवचन (plural), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative)

• प्रदद्मः: we give, we bestow
• प्रदद्मः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√दा (धाातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), एकवचन (singular), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive)

• आशिषः: blessings
• आशिषः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), बहुवचन (plural), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative)

• व्यासशिष्य: O disciple of Vyāsa
• व्यासशिष्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास + शिष्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'of Vyāsa')

• महाप्राज्ञ: O very wise one
• महाप्राज्ञ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā + प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative); कर्मधारय (descriptive: 'great + wise')

• चिरम्: for a long time
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• जीव: live
• जीव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject-complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative) (predicate adjective)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

The sages (Śaunaka and others)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-māhātmya discourse (kathā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), addressed as Vyāsa-śiṣya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Elder sages raise their right hands in blessing toward the seated Sūta, who bows with folded hands; the atmosphere is auspicious, concluding a long discourse.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sūta (as Vyāsa’s disciple)
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring sacred teachers sustains dharma; blessings flow through the guru-disciple lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; it is a benedictory moment in the frame dialogue.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering āśīrvāda (formal blessings) to the reciter/teacher after completion of sacred discourse.