Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

सारस्वत उवाच । भोजराज शुभं तेस्तु ज्ञातं तत्कारणं मया । मृगानना त्वया नारी समानीता वनात्किल

Transliteration

sārasvata uvāca | bhojarāja śubhaṃ testu jñātaṃ tatkāraṇaṃ mayā | mṛgānanā tvayā nārī samānītā vanātkila

Translation

സാരസ്വതൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ഭോജരാജാ, നിനക്കു മംഗളം ഉണ്ടാകട്ടെ. ഇതിന്റെ കാരണം ഞാൻ അറിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. സത്യമായും നീ വനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മൃഗനയനയായ ഒരു സ്ത്രീയെ കൊണ്ടുവന്നിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• sārasvataḥ: Sārasvata
• sārasvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• bhoja-rāja: O King Bhoja
• bhoja-rāja: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoja + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘भोजः (नाम) राजा’

• śubham: auspiciousness / good fortune
• śubham: Kriya-visheshya (Benediction object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थे (benedictive usage)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriya (Benedictive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• jñātam: is known
• jñātam: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘known/understood’

• tat-kāraṇam: that cause
• tat-kāraṇam: Karma/Pratijñā (Predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘तत्कारण’ = that cause

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥/Agent (by me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• mṛga-ānanā: the doe-faced (woman)
• mṛga-ānanā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛga + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘मृगस्य इव आननं यस्याः सा’ (doe-faced)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥/Agent (by you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samānītā: has been brought
• samānītā: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + ā + nī (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘brought/led here’

• vanāt: from the forest
• vanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• kila: indeed / it seems
• kila: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/श्रुत्यर्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/it is said)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sārasvata speaks with calm certainty, right hand slightly raised in blessing; Bhojarāja listens, startled yet hopeful; in the background, a veiled young woman stands at a distance, her face gentle and doe-like, suggesting a forest origin.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata
• Bhojarāja
• Mṛgānanā (doe-faced woman)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sage reads hidden causes behind events and guides rulers with auspicious, dharma-aligned counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to Vastrāpathakṣetra’s māhātmya in the Prabhāsa region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; the verse identifies the karmic/hidden cause behind the king’s situation.