Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ऋषीणां देवतानां च नायकत्वं प्रकाशितम्

Transliteration

ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca nāyakatvaṃ prakāśitam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ഋഷിമാരുടെയും ദേവന്മാരുടെയും മേൽ നിന്റെ നായകത്വം പ്രസിദ്ധമായി വെളിപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• nāyakatvam: leadership
• nāyakatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त (state of leadership)

• prakāśitam: has been revealed
• prakāśitam: Kriya (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kāś (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कर्मणि (has been manifested/made known)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet; contextually a māhātmya narrator or the Devas praising Vināyaka.

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm court-like assembly: sages and gods acknowledge Vināyaka’s leadership; light radiates as ‘prakāśita’ (made manifest).

Characters & Entities

• Vināyaka (Gaṇeśa)
• Ṛṣis
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual leadership is recognized by both divine beings and seers; Vināyaka is honored as the guiding power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the stotra’s praise is situated within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it continues the eulogy (stuti).