Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

स्वागतं वो महाभागाः सुव्युष्टा रजनी मम । भवतो यत्प्रपश्यामि ब्रूत किं करवाणि च

Transliteration

svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgāḥ suvyuṣṭā rajanī mama | bhavato yatprapaśyāmi brūta kiṃ karavāṇi ca

Translation

“Selamat datang, wahai yang amat berbahagia! Malamku telah berlalu dengan baik kerana aku dapat memandang kalian. Katakanlah—apakah yang harus aku lakukan untuk kalian?”

Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana (Greeting/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; आशिषि/सम्बोधनार्थे (welcome!)

• वः: to you/your
• वः: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/Genitive or 4th/Dative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• महाभागाः: O greatly fortunate ones
• महाभागाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (महान् भागः येषाम्)

• सुव्युष्टा: well passed (spent)
• सुव्युष्टा: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-व्युष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) from व्युष् (to dawn/pass the night) with सु-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying रजनी)

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भवतः: of you (hon.)
• भवतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (honorific plural)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• प्रपश्यामि: I see
• प्रपश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश्/दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; धातु: पश्/दृश् with prefix प्र-

• ब्रूत: tell (me)
• ब्रूत: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), बहुवचन; धातु: ब्रू

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• करवाणि: should I do
• करवाणि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; धातु: कृ

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Bali Vairocanī (contextual; host speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembled sages (e.g., Śaunaka’s group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble daitya prince/king receives arriving sages with folded hands, offering welcome and asking their need; calm interior court with ascetics seated on kuśa mats.

Characters & Entities

• Bali Vairocanī
• Sages (Mahābhāgāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring saints transforms ordinary time into auspiciousness; humility and readiness to serve are hallmarks of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named; the verse depicts righteous hospitality in Sutala within the broader Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it continues the etiquette of welcoming and offering service to guests.