Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदो यस्मात्तस्माच्छांतिं प्रयच्छ नः

Transliteration

bhuktimuktiprado yasmāttasmācchāṃtiṃ prayaccha naḥ

Translation

Kerana Engkaulah pemberi kenikmatan duniawi dan juga moksha (pembebasan), maka kurniakanlah kepada kami kedamaian.

Word by Word

• bhukti-mukti-pradaḥ: giver of enjoyment and liberation
• bhukti-mukti-pradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhukti (प्रातिपदिक) + mukti (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (bhuktyāḥ mukteś ca pradaḥ = giver of enjoyment and liberation)

• yasmāt: from whom; because of whom
• yasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore; from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन

• śāntim: peace
• śāntim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन

• prayaccha: grant; bestow
• prayaccha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; प्र उपसर्गयुक्तः

• naḥ: to us; for us
• naḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/सम्बन्ध or 4/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन; प्रायः चतुर्थ्यर्थे ‘to us’

Speaker

Prayer of the worshipper (as recited within Sūta’s narration; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee concludes the prayer before the radiant Sūrya icon; the scene quiets into stillness—hands folded, eyes lowered—suggesting peace bestowed, with soft dawn light and calm ritual space.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (implied)
• Bhukti
• Mukti
• Śānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion seeks both right living and final freedom, crowned by śānti—peace as the fruit of divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s Sūrya worship context at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A concluding petition within the stotra: ask the deity who grants bhukti and mukti to bestow śānti.