Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं हि कुर्वतां नित्यं विना ज्ञानस्य संचयैः । प्रसादान्मम विप्रेन्द्राः प्रांते मुक्तिर्भविष्यति

Transliteration

evaṃ hi kurvatāṃ nityaṃ vinā jñānasya saṃcayaiḥ | prasādānmama viprendrāḥ prāṃte muktirbhaviṣyati

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ നിത്യമായി ആചരിക്കുന്നവർക്ക്, ജ്ഞാനസഞ്ചയം ഇല്ലെങ്കിലും—ഹേ വിപ്രേന്ദ്രന്മാരേ—എന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ അവസാനം മോക്ഷം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• कुर्वताम्: of those who do (so)
• कुर्वताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive) बहुवचन; “कुर्वत्” = doing (of those who do)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तं नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: always/constantly)

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Prepositional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-निपात (preposition) सामान्यतः तृतीया/पञ्चमी-संबन्धः; अर्थः “without”

• ज्ञानस्य: of knowledge
• ज्ञानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन

• संचयैः: by accumulations/collections
• संचयैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental) बहुवचन

• प्रसादात्: from (my) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative) एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense though nominative form)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative) बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः = best among Brahmins)

• प्रान्ते: at the end (finally)
• प्रान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative) एकवचन

• मुक्तिः: liberation
• मुक्तिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative) एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person) एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viprendra-s (best of brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compassionate divine figure assures brāhmaṇa elders that continuous right practice will yield liberation by grace; the background shows the sacred city and temple, with a subtle vision of a soul ascending into light.

Characters & Entities

• Mukti
• Prasāda (grace)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent dharmic practice, upheld with devotion, can culminate in liberation through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where disciplined living is linked to Śiva’s prasāda and the promise of mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of the preceding daily duties (worship, yajña, pitṛ rites, hospitality, Vedic study) as a sustained discipline.