Shloka 82 - Adhyaya 32 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malayalam | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

संस्काराः पिप्पलादस्य वेदोक्ता वेद पारगैः । षडंगोपांगसंयुक्ता वेदास्तेन समुद्धृताः । तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यो मुनिभ्यश्च सुपुष्कलाः

Transliteration

saṃskārāḥ pippalādasya vedoktā veda pāragaiḥ | ṣaḍaṃgopāṃgasaṃyuktā vedāstena samuddhṛtāḥ | tadāśramanivāsibhyo munibhyaśca supuṣkalāḥ

Translation

പിപ്പലാദനുവേണ്ടി വേദപാരംഗത മുനിമാർ വേദോക്ത സംസ്കാരങ്ങൾ നിർവഹിച്ചു. ഷഡംഗങ്ങളും ഉപാംഗങ്ങളും സഹിതമായ വേദങ്ങളെ അവൻ സമ്യക് പഠിച്ച് ഉന്മേഷിപ്പിച്ചു; ആ ആശ്രമവാസി മുനിമാർക്ക് അവൻ അത്യന്തം ഉപകാരകനായി.

Word by Word

संस्काराःrites/sacraments

पिप्पलादस्यof Pippalāda

वेदोक्ताःenjoined in the Veda

वेदVeda

पारगैःby those who have mastered (it)

षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्ताःjoined with the six limbs and subsidiary limbs

वेदाःVedas

तेनby him

समुद्धृताःwere brought forth/compiled

तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यःto the residents of that hermitage

मुनिभ्यःto sages

चand

सुपुष्कलाःvery abundant/excellent

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pippalāda, now a disciplined sage, is shown mastering the Vedas with six Vedāṅgas and subsidiary disciplines; around him, āśrama residents prosper through his guidance and generosity.

Characters & Entities

Pippalāda

Vedapāragas (Veda-knowing sages)

Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish through Vedic learning and disciplined saṃskāras; knowledge becomes service to the āśrama community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised indirectly as a seat of sages where Vedic rites and study are preserved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-prescribed saṃskāras are mentioned, along with study of the Vedas together with Vedāṅgas and allied disciplines.