Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

एतत्त्वदुक्तं सप्तर्षिब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् । पवित्रं परमं ह्येतच्छ्रीमद्रक्षोविनाशनम्

Transliteration

etattvaduktaṃ saptarṣibrahmarṣigaṇasevitam | pavitraṃ paramaṃ hyetacchrīmadrakṣovināśanam

Translation

നിങ്ങൾ അരുളിച്ചെയ്ത ഈ തത്ത്വോപദേശം സപ്തർഷി-ബ്രഹ്മർഷി ഗണങ്ങൾ സേവിക്കുന്നതാണ്. ഇത് പരമ പവിത്രം, ശ്രീമയവും, ദുഷ്ടരാക്ഷസബാധകളെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• उक्तम्: spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘said/spoken’

• सप्तर्षि-ब्रह्मर्षि-गण-सेवितम्: served by the groups of the seven sages and brahmarishis
• सप्तर्षि-ब्रह्मर्षि-गण-सेवितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवित (सेव् धातु + क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः): ‘सप्तर्षि-ब्रह्मर्षि-गणेन सेवितम्’

• पवित्रम्: pure, sacred
• पवित्रम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ ‘indeed/for’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रीमद्-रक्षः-विनाशनम्: the glorious destroyer of demons
• श्रीमद्-रक्षः-विनाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमद् (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षः (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: ‘रक्षसां विनाशनम्’ + ‘श्रीमद्’ (शोभन/श्रीयुक्त) उपपद-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrative voice within Īśvara’s instruction (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of Saptarṣis and Brahmarṣis seated in meditation around a luminous mantra-text or sound-wave, while dark rakṣasa-like shadows dissolve at the edges; the atmosphere is auspicious and purifying.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi
• Brahmarṣi
• Rakṣas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right teaching and right rite purify the practitioner and also function as spiritual protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such Śrāddha instructions are presented as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Validation of the prescribed recitation/procedure as a sanctifying and protective component of Śrāddha.