Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

संस्काराः पिप्पलादस्य वेदोक्ता वेद पारगैः । षडंगोपांगसंयुक्ता वेदास्तेन समुद्धृताः । तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यो मुनिभ्यश्च सुपुष्कलाः

Transliteration

saṃskārāḥ pippalādasya vedoktā veda pāragaiḥ | ṣaḍaṃgopāṃgasaṃyuktā vedāstena samuddhṛtāḥ | tadāśramanivāsibhyo munibhyaśca supuṣkalāḥ

Translation

ପିପ୍ପଲାଦଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ବେଦପାରଗ ମୁନିମାନେ ବେଦୋକ୍ତ ସଂସ୍କାର ସମ୍ପନ୍ନ କଲେ। ଷଡ଼ଙ୍ଗ ଓ ଉପାଙ୍ଗସହିତ ବେଦମାନଙ୍କୁ ସେ ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଅଧ୍ୟୟନ କରି ପ୍ରକାଶ କଲେ; ଏବଂ ସେହି ଆଶ୍ରମନିବାସୀ ମୁନିମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସେ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଉପକାରକ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• संस्काराः: rites/sacraments
• संस्काराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• पिप्पलादस्य: of Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• वेदोक्ताः: enjoined in the Veda
• वेदोक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (√वच् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: वेदेन उक्ताः (instrumental tatpurusha); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of saṃskārāḥ)

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; used as first member in compound with pāragaiḥ

• पारगैः: by those who have mastered (it)
• पारगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्ताः: joined with the six limbs and subsidiary limbs
• षडङ्गोपाङ्गसंयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् + अङ्ग + उपाङ्ग + संयुक्त (√युज् धातु, क्त; कृदन्त)
• Form: समास (बहुपद): षडङ्ग + उपाङ्ग + संयुक्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of vedāḥ)

• वेदाः: Vedas
• वेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• समुद्धृताः: were brought forth/compiled
• समुद्धृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-√हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; predicate participle

• तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यः: to the residents of that hermitage
• तदाश्रमनिवासिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + आश्रम + निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तस्य आश्रमः (genitive tatpurusha) + निवासिन्; पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन

• मुनिभ्यः: to sages
• मुनिभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सुपुष्कलाः: very abundant/excellent
• सुपुष्कलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपुष्कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of vedāḥ/teachings implied)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pippalāda, now a disciplined sage, is shown mastering the Vedas with six Vedāṅgas and subsidiary disciplines; around him, āśrama residents prosper through his guidance and generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Pippalāda
• Vedapāragas (Veda-knowing sages)
• Vedāṅgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places flourish through Vedic learning and disciplined saṃskāras; knowledge becomes service to the āśrama community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is praised indirectly as a seat of sages where Vedic rites and study are preserved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-prescribed saṃskāras are mentioned, along with study of the Vedas together with Vedāṅgas and allied disciplines.