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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

उक्त्वा ते तु पुनर्बालं वीक्ष्य वै क्षीणजीवितम् । दिनानि पंच ते ह्यायुर्ज्ञात्वा भीतास्ततोऽनृतात्

Transliteration

uktvā te tu punarbālaṃ vīkṣya vai kṣīṇajīvitam | dināni paṃca te hyāyurjñātvā bhītāstato'nṛtāt

Translation

അങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അവർ ക്ഷീണജീവിതനായ ആ ബാലനെ വീണ്ടും നോക്കി. അവന് അഞ്ചു ദിവസമേ ആയുസ്സ് ശേഷിക്കുന്നുള്ളൂ എന്ന് അറിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ, തങ്ങളുടെ ആശീർവാദം അസത്യമായിപ്പോകുമോ എന്ന ഭയത്തിൽ അവർ വിറച്ചു।

Word by Word
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: वच्; पूर्वकर्म-समाप्ति सूचक (having said)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)
तुbut
तु:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात/समुच्चय-भेदक (but/indeed)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again)
बालम्the boy
बालम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
वीक्ष्यhaving seen
वीक्ष्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeVerb
Rootवीक्ष् (धातु)
Formल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), धातु: √वीक्ष् (to see); ‘having looked’
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
क्षीणजीवितम्with life waning / near death
क्षीणजीवितम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षीण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत्/विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव): ‘क्षीणं जीवितं यस्य’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (बालम्)
दिनानिdays
दिनानि:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदिन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन-समन्वय (with दिनानि)
तेtheir
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th), एकवचन/बहुवचन-प्रयोगसम्भव; अत्र षष्ठी बहुवचन (their)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (for/indeed)
आयुःlifespan
आयुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
ज्ञात्वाhaving learned
ज्ञात्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), धातु: √ज्ञा; ‘having known’
भीताःafraid
भीताः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootभी (धातु) → भीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते)
ततःthereupon
ततः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (thereupon/from that)
अनृतात्from falsehood / untruth
अनृतात्:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootअनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (from falsehood)
Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī/Varānane

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages, after blessing, perceive the boy’s life-thread thinning; their faces shift from serene to concerned as they realize only five days remain.

Characters & Entities
S
Saptarṣi
B
brahmacārin (boy ascetic)

FAQs

Truthfulness in speech is sacred; even sages are vigilant that their words and blessings align with cosmic order.

The narrative is situated in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, where holy encounters shape destiny.

No direct ritual is given; the verse emphasizes satya (truth) as a dharmic principle.

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