Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

ये मानयंति निजहासकलैर्विलासैः संसेवया अभयदा भवभूतमाताम् । ते भ्रातृभृत्यसुतबंधुजनैर्युताश्च सर्वोपसर्ग रहिताः सुखिनो भवन्ति

Transliteration

ye mānayaṃti nijahāsakalairvilāsaiḥ saṃsevayā abhayadā bhavabhūtamātām | te bhrātṛbhṛtyasutabaṃdhujanairyutāśca sarvopasarga rahitāḥ sukhino bhavanti

Translation

സ്വന്തം ആനന്ദോത്സവങ്ങളുടെയും വിനോദവിലാസങ്ങളുടെയും കൂടെ ഭക്തിസേവയാൽ അഭയദായിനിയായ ഭവൻ (ശിവൻ)ന്റെ ഭൂതമാതയെ ആദരിക്കുന്നവർ, സഹോദരന്മാർ, സേവകർ, പുത്രന്മാർ, ബന്ധുക്കൾ എന്നിവരോടൊപ്പം, എല്ലാ ഉപദ്രവങ്ങളും വിട്ട് സുഖത്തോടെ ജീവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative plural

• मानयन्ति: honour, revere
• मानयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मान् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative

• निजहासकलैः: with their own playful laughs/arts of laughter
• निजहासकलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज + हास + कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'निजस्य हासस्य कलैः' (with the arts/tones of one's own laughter)

• विलासैः: with playful gestures/charms
• विलासैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• संसेवया: by service, by attendance
• संसेवया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• अभयदा: granting fearlessness
• अभयदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभय + दा (प्रातिपदिक; दा from √दा (धातु) as nominal)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: 'अभयं ददाति या' (she who gives fearlessness), qualifying माताम्

• भवभूतमाताम्: the Mother of beings (and of worldly existence)
• भवभूतमाताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव + भूत + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'भवस्य भूतानां च माता' (mother of beings and of worldly existence), Accusative singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Demonstrative pronoun, nominative plural

• भ्रातृभृत्यसुतबंधुजनैः: with brothers, servants, sons, relatives, and people
• भ्रातृभृत्यसुतबंधुजनैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ + भृत्य + सुत + बन्धु + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व, Instrumental plural (associative sense)

• युताः: accompanied
• युताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-√युज् (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'joined/associated' qualifying ते

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वोपसर्गरहिताः: free from all troubles
• सर्वोपसर्गरहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + उपसर्ग + रहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'सर्वैः उपसर्गैः रहिताः' (free from all afflictions/obstacles)

• सुखिनः: happy
• सुखिनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• भवन्ति: become, are
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhūta-mātā/Bhūta-mātṛkā at Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night festival at a coastal shrine: devotees offer lamps, flowers, and music to Bhūta-mātā; families stand together under her protection while ominous forces recede.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Bhūta-mātā/Bhūta-mātṛkā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed as loving service and celebration leads to abhaya (fearlessness) and a harmonious, protected household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Bhūta-mātṛkā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honor the Goddess through saṃsevā (devoted attendance) and respectful celebration (vilāsa), implying pūjā and communal observance.