Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति तेस्त्विति चैवोक्तः पतन्निह दिवाकरः । ब्रह्मर्षेर्वचनात्तस्य न पपात यतः प्रभुः

Transliteration

svasti testviti caivoktaḥ patanniha divākaraḥ | brahmarṣervacanāttasya na papāta yataḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

နေမင်းသည် ဤနေရာသို့ ကျလာစဉ် «သင်၌ ကောင်းကျိုးရှိပါစေ» ဟူသော စကားကို ဆိုကြ၏။ ထို ဘြဟ္မရ္ရှိ၏ မိန့်ခွန်းကြောင့် အရှင်သည် မကျသွားခဲ့ပေ။

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: hail, well-being
• स्वस्ति: Avyaya (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गलार्थक-अव्यय (benedictive particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-रूपसम्भव; अत्र चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन—‘to you’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अनुवादक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• उक्तः: was uttered
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was said/uttered’

• पतन्: falling
• पतन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘falling’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मर्षेः: of the Brahmarṣi
• ब्रह्मर्षेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मन् + ऋषि (तत्पुरुष)

• वचनात्: because of the word/utterance
• वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (conjunction/adverb: because/for which reason)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya is mid-fall; a brahmarṣi raises his hand in blessing and utters ‘svasti te’; the fall is arrested—Sūrya steadies, darkness begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Brahmarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious speech and the truth-power of realized sages uphold cosmic stability, reflecting dharma’s protective force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in whose māhātmya this solar episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A benedictory utterance (“svasti te”) is highlighted, but no formal rite is prescribed in this verse.