Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

शृणु यस्माद्विभोऽन्यत्र गता त्यक्त्वा तवान्तिकम् । दृष्टस्तत्र पिता मेऽद्य तथा चैव पितामहः

Transliteration

śṛṇu yasmādvibho'nyatra gatā tyaktvā tavāntikam | dṛṣṭastatra pitā me'dya tathā caiva pitāmahaḥ

Translation

ശ്രദ്ധിക്കൂ, ഹേ വിഭോ! നിന്റെ സാന്നിധ്യം വിട്ട് ഞാൻ മറ്റിടത്തേക്ക് പോയി; അവിടെ ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ എന്റെ പിതാവിനെയും, പിതാമഹനെയും കണ്ടു.

Word by Word

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: because/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• गता: gone
• गता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अन्तिकम्: presence/nearby place
• अन्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (manner)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पितामहः: grandfather
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sītā (Jānakī/Vaidehī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A royal figure addressed as ‘vibho’ (mighty one)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee speaks to a mighty king/hero, confessing he left the companion’s side because he beheld his father and grandfather in a sacred precinct—figures appearing subtly, half-luminous, near ritual ground.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma (implied)
• Sītā’s father (Janaka, implied)
• Sītā’s grandfather (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is portrayed as a living bond with one’s lineage, where remembrance of ancestors becomes spiritually vivid and consequential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya ancestral themes and śrāddha potency are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly reinforces śrāddha’s ancestral orientation; no new procedural step is stated in this verse.