Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

युधिष्ठिर महाबाहो किं ते कामकरोम्यहम् । राज्यं धान्यं धनं चापि अथवा रिपुनाशनम्

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho kiṃ te kāmakaromyaham | rājyaṃ dhānyaṃ dhanaṃ cāpi athavā ripunāśanam

Translation

ഹേ മഹാബാഹു യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! നിനക്കായി ഞാൻ എന്തു വരം നൽകട്ടെ? രാജ്യമോ, ധാന്യമോ, ധനമോ—അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശത്രുനാശമോ?

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Masculine, Vocative, Singular; कर्मधारयः (महान् बाहुः यस्य)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Interrogative pronoun, Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन — Genitive/Dative, Singular (here: dative ‘for you’)

• काम: desired thing/wish
• काम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; (कर्मरूपेण ‘इष्टम्’)

• करोमि: do/make
• करोमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (डुकृञ् करणे)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present, Parasmaipada, 1st person, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धान्यम्: grain/food
• धान्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पवाचक अव्यय (disjunctive: or)

• रिपु-नाशनम्: destruction of enemies
• रिपु-नाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रिपोः नाशनम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śrī Kṛṣṇa/Janārdana, as Lord)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (sages/assembly); internal: Kṛṣṇa → Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira directly, offering a spectrum of boons—kingdom, grain, wealth, or enemy-destruction—highlighting choice and dharmic discernment.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can bestow both worldly aims (artha, rājya) and protective power; the devotee is invited to choose with discernment.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), whose sanctity frames the dialogue and the later prescriptions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces the granting of a boon that leads into the site’s māhātmya.