Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

एवं भविष्यति सदा तव मद्वचनाद्विभो । प्रयच्छस्व द्विजेंद्राणां रत्नानि विविधानि च

Transliteration

evaṃ bhaviṣyati sadā tava madvacanādvibho | prayacchasva dvijeṃdrāṇāṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca

Translation

ഹേ വിഭോ! എന്റെ വചനത്താൽ നിനക്കിത് എപ്പോഴും ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെയായിരിക്കും. അതിനാൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദ്വിജന്മാർക്ക് (ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു) നാനാവിധ രത്നങ്ങൾ ദാനമായി നൽകുക।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be, will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मत्-वचनात्: from my word/command
• मत्-वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक; अस्मद्-सम्बन्धी) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम वचनम्)

• विभो: O Lord, O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रयच्छस्व: grant, give
• प्रयच्छस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) with prefix प्र-; (प्र + यच्छ) from √यम् (धातु) causative/idiomatic in imperative ‘give’
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• द्विजेन्द्राणाम्: to the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजेन्द्राणाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् इन्द्राः)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; रत्नानि इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā (Pitāmaha), within Īśvara’s narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara-samudra context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine assembly: Pitāmaha’s authoritative word is affirmed; the ocean-personification is shown offering gleaming jewels to venerable brāhmaṇas seated in ritual order, with Prabhāsa’s coastal backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Dvijendra (foremost brāhmaṇas)
• Ratna (jewels)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-glory is paired with dāna: sacred power and ethical giving together uphold Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of the sacred sea and its bestowed merits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ratna-dāna—donation of jewels to worthy brāhmaṇas (dvijendras).