Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

उत्साहबलसंयुक्तो देववज्जीवते सुधीः । दाता भोक्ता च वाग्ग्मी च तीर्थस्यास्य प्रसादतः

Transliteration

utsāhabalasaṃyukto devavajjīvate sudhīḥ | dātā bhoktā ca vāggmī ca tīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ

Translation

Dengan rahmat tīrtha suci ini, orang bijaksana yang bersatu dengan semangat dan kekuatan hidup laksana dewa, menjadi dermawan, menikmati rezeki dengan benar, dan fasih bertutur.

Word by Word

• utsāha-bala-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with zeal and strength
• utsāha-bala-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utsāha (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त) [saṃ-√yuj (धातु)]
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• deva-vat: like a god
• deva-vat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (adverbial: 'like a god')

• jīvate: lives
• jīvate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• sudhīḥ: the wise man
• sudhīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• dātā: a giver
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dā (धातु) → dātṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• bhoktā: an enjoyer
• bhoktā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuj (धातु) → bhoktṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• vāg-gmī: eloquent
• vāg-gmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + gmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

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

• tīrthasya: of the sacred place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• prasādataḥ: due to (its) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (singular); -तः (tas) = 'from/by reason of'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (Brahmakuṇḍa context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise pilgrim emerges from the sacred waters with a luminous, confident posture; scenes of him giving gifts, speaking eloquently in an assembly, and living with dignified abundance—framed as tīrtha’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace refines human life—strengthening virtue, generosity, and eloquence—so one lives in a godlike, dharmic way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha (contextually the Brahmakuṇḍa section of the Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it states the transformative fruits obtained through the tīrtha’s favor.