Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तथैवांगिरसः सर्वे भृगोश्चैवात्मजास्तथा । ऋग्भिस्तु सामभिश्चैव तथैवांगिरसैरपि

Transliteration

tathaivāṃgirasaḥ sarve bhṛgoścaivātmajāstathā | ṛgbhistu sāmabhiścaiva tathaivāṃgirasairapi

Translation

അതുപോലെ എല്ലാ ആംഗിരസ ഋഷികളും ഭൃഗുവിന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരും—ഋഗ്വേദ ഋച്ചകളാൽ, സാമവേദ ഗീതങ്ങളാൽ, ആംഗിരസ മന്ത്രങ്ങളാലും—അവനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

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

• आङ्गिरसः: the Āṅgirasas
• आङ्गिरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• भृगोः: of Bhṛgu
• भृगोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• आत्मजाः: sons/offspring
• आत्मजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• ऋग्भिः: with Ṛg(-hymns)
• ऋग्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋग् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/continuative particle)

• सामभिः: with Sāma(-chants)
• सामभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

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

• आङ्गिरसैः: by/with the Āṅgirasas
• आङ्गिरसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Characters & Entities

• Āṅgirasa
• Bhṛgu
• Ṛgveda
• Sāmaveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is affirmed and intensified through Vedic praise—devotional recitation aligns the cosmos and the worshipper with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a field where divine radiance and merit (puṇya) are celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on stuti (praise) via Ṛg and Sāma recitations.