Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

भयेन च समाविष्टः स राजा हृष्टमानसः । आत्मन्याधाय चात्मानमोंकारं समनुस्मरन्

Transliteration

bhayena ca samāviṣṭaḥ sa rājā hṛṣṭamānasaḥ | ātmanyādhāya cātmānamoṃkāraṃ samanusmaran

Translation

ഭയത്തിൽ ആവിഷ്ടനായിരുന്നാലും ആ രാജാവ് ഹർഷഭരിതചിത്തനായിരുന്നു; സ്വയം ആത്മനിൽ സ്ഥാപിച്ച്, അവൻ നിരന്തരം ഓംകാരത്തെ അനുസ്മരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• bhayena: by fear
• bhayena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; 'with/through fear'

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

• samāviṣṭaḥ: overcome/possessed
• samāviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√viś (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'entered/possessed'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hṛṣṭamānasaḥ: with delighted mind
• hṛṣṭamānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'one whose mind is delighted' (as adjective of rājā)

• ātmani: in himself
• ātmani: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in oneself'

• ādhāya: having fixed
• ādhāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund); 'having placed/fixed'

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

• ātmānam: himself
• ātmānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; 'himself'

• oṃkāram: the syllable Oṃ
• oṃkāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samanusmaran: remembering
• samanusmaran: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-anu-√smṛ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'remembering/meditating upon'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, trembling yet radiant with joy, folds inward—eyes half-closed, hands in añjali or resting in meditation—while the luminous deity remains before him; the scene emphasizes interior mantra over external motion.

Characters & Entities

• Oṃkāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the presence of the sacred, awe becomes spiritual discipline through inward composure and remembrance of Oṃ.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra of Prabhāsa, where divine vision inspires mantra-smaraṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-smaraṇa/japa of Oṃkāra (Oṃ) is indicated as the king’s practice.