Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

स बहूनि सहस्राणि वर्षाणि पच्यते भृशम् । तस्माद्विप्रो वरारोहे नमस्कार्यो नृभिः सदा

Transliteration

sa bahūni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇi pacyate bhṛśam | tasmādvipro varārohe namaskāryo nṛbhiḥ sadā

Translation

ସେ ଅନେକ ସହସ୍ର ବର୍ଷ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଭୟଙ୍କର ଯାତନା ଭୋଗ କରେ। ତେଣୁ, ହେ ବରାରୋହେ, ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କୁ ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନେ ସଦା ନମସ୍କାର କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karma (Object/Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (वर्षाणि इत्यस्य)

• सहस्राणि: thousands (of)
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (वर्षाणि इत्यस्य)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Karma (Object/Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण

• पच्यते: is tormented (lit. is cooked)
• पच्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is cooked/tormented)

• भृशम्: excessively
• भृशम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभाव (therefore/from that reason)

• विप्रः: a Brahmin
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped lady
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varā-rohā (प्रातिपदिक; वरा + रोहā)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरः आरोहः यस्याः)

• नमस्कार्यः: worthy of salutation
• नमस्कार्यः: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namas-kārya (प्रातिपदिक; नमस् + कार्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्य/यत्-अर्थक कृदन्त (worthy to be saluted); तत्पुरुष (नमसः कार्यः)

• नृभिः: by men
• नृभिः: Kartr (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from goddess-address and continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as varārohe)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (or king/householder) bows with folded hands to a brāhmaṇa; the goddess addressed ('varārohe') listens; background suggests a coastal shrine and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brāhmaṇa (Vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence toward brāhmaṇas is presented as a core dharma, reinforced by the severe karmic consequences of harming them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these dharmic norms are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical observance is namaskāra—regularly offering salutations to brāhmaṇas.