Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

भविष्यसि मुनिश्रेष्ठ योगाचार्यः सुविश्रुतः

Transliteration

bhaviṣyasi muniśreṣṭha yogācāryaḥ suviśrutaḥ

Translation

ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നീ സുവിശ്രുതനായ യോഗാചാര്യനായി ഭവിക്കുകയും ലോകമെങ്ങും പ്രസിദ്ധി നേടുകയും ചെയ്യും।

Word by Word

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + श्रेष्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘श्रेष्ठः मुनिषु’

• योगाचार्यः: a teacher of yoga
• योगाचार्यः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक; योग + आचार्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सुविश्रुतः: very renowned
• सुविश्रुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-विश्रुत (प्रातिपदिक; सु + वि-√श्रु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (well-known)

Speaker

Śiva (Deva/Deveśa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable sage is blessed with the mantle of yogācārya; disciples gather, indicating future fame and teaching lineage emanating from Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Yoga
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace can mature spiritual discipline into recognized yogic mastery and teaching capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetra), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it states a boon of future yogic renown.