Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एवं राज्ये चिरं स्थेयं यदि श्रेय इहेच्छसि । तपःस्वाध्यायदानानि तीर्थयात्राऽश्रमाणि च

Transliteration

evaṃ rājye ciraṃ stheyaṃ yadi śreya ihecchasi | tapaḥsvādhyāyadānāni tīrthayātrā'śramāṇi ca

Translation

ഈ ജീവിതത്തിൽ തന്നെ ശ്രേയസ് ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, ഇങ്ങനെ രാജ്യമിൽ ദീർഘകാലം സ്ഥിരനായി നിലകൊൾക. തപസ്സ്, സ്വാധ്യായം, ദാനങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യുക; തീർത്ഥയാത്രകളും ആശ്രമസന്ദർശനങ്ങളും കൂടി അനുഷ്ഠിക്കുക।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in this way)

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• चिरम्: for long
• चिरम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (for a long time)

• स्थेयम्: should be maintained / should remain
• स्थेयम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्) कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय—‘स्थातव्यम्’ (to be maintained/should remain)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional ‘if’)

• श्रेयः: welfare / the good
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here/in this world)

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपःस्वाध्यायदानानि: austerities, self-study, and gifts
• तपःस्वाध्यायदानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + स्वाध्याय + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (tapas, self-study, and gifts)

• तीर्थयात्रा: pilgrimage to sacred places
• तीर्थयात्रा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य यात्रा)

• आश्रमाणि: hermitages/āśramas
• आश्रमाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic instruction within the narrative of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sovereign receives a fourfold dharma map: a sage points to symbols—fire-altar (tapas/yajña), palm-leaf manuscripts (svādhyāya), a gift-vessel (dāna), and a path leading to river-fords and forest hermitages (tīrtha-yātrā/āśrama).

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly stability and spiritual welfare arise together when governance is joined with austerity, learning, charity, and pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tīrtha-yātrā is praised generally in the Prabhāsa context; the chapter belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity), svādhyāya (scriptural recitation/study), dāna (charity), and tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) are explicitly prescribed.