Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

स तदैव मया देवि धर्मार्थं सत्यसंगरः । युक्तो वाजिसहस्रेण सितेन सुरसुंदरि

Transliteration

sa tadaiva mayā devi dharmārthaṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ | yukto vājisahasreṇa sitena surasuṃdari

Translation

അന്നേ സമയം, ഹേ ദേവീ—ഹേ സുരസുന്ദരീ—ധർമ്മാർത്ഥം, സത്യത്തെ ദൃഢസങ്കൽപമാക്കി, ഞാൻ ആ രഥത്തെ ആയിരം വെളുത്ത കുതിരകളാൽ യുക്തമാക്കി.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धर्मार्थम्: for (the sake of) dharma
• धर्मार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; चतुर्थी/प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया (purpose) ‘for the sake of dharma’

• सत्यसंगरः: one whose resolve is truth / steadfast in truth
• सत्यसंगरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य + संगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सत्ये संगरः’ (firm resolve/pledge in truth)

• युक्तः: equipped/associated
• युक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘joined/equipped’

• वाजिसहस्रेण: with a thousand horses
• वाजिसहस्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजि + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वाजीनां सहस्रम्’ (a thousand horses)

• सितेन: white
• सितेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with वाजिसहस्रेण)

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beautiful goddess
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘divine (and) beautiful lady’

Speaker

Brahmā (explicit via “mayā”, continuing from prior verse where Brahmā acts)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker (implied divine agent) addresses Devī: a celestial chariot is harnessed for dharma, yoked with a thousand white horses; the scene radiates purity and unstoppable momentum guided by truth.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through satya (truth) and decisive action; cosmic order is restored by principled resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose Māhātmya Soma’s restoration is narrated as a sacred, world-benefiting event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; it describes Brahmā’s dharma-driven act of harnessing Soma’s chariot.