Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सूर्यब्रह्मपुरे वासो जायते ब्रह्मवासरे । दृढं ककुद्मिनं संतं युवानं भारसाधनम्

Transliteration

sūryabrahmapure vāso jāyate brahmavāsare | dṛḍhaṃ kakudminaṃ saṃtaṃ yuvānaṃ bhārasādhanam

Translation

Di Sūrya-Brahmapura, pada hari Brahmā, terbitlah suatu tempat kediaman. (Hendaklah didermakan) seekor lembu jantan berpunuk yang teguh—kuat, muda, dan layak memikul beban.

Word by Word

• सूर्यब्रह्मपुरे: in Sūrya-Brahma city
• सूर्यब्रह्मपुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य + ब्रह्म + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• वासः: residence/dwelling
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद (subject)

• जायते: arises/comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ब्रह्मवासरे: on Brahmā’s day
• ब्रह्मवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• दृढम्: firm/strong
• दृढम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• ककुद्मिनम्: a humped bull (bullock)
• ककुद्मिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुद्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• सन्तम्: being/existing (good)
• सन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (कृदन्त; √अस्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• युवानम्: young
• युवानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भारसाधनम्: fit for bearing loads
• भारसाधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार + साधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purāṇa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-Brahmapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary city of light—Sūrya-Brahmapura—arises like a golden habitation on Brahmā’s day; in the foreground a donor presents a robust humped bull, youthful and strong, symbolizing dharma-bearing capacity.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya-Brahmapura
• Brahmā (Brahma-vāsara)
• Kakudmin (bull)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering strong, serviceable cattle as dāna is praised as generating exalted posthumous attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, while describing celestial reward realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The gift of a strong, young, humped bull capable of labor and carrying loads.