Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

गीतवाद्यादिकं नृत्यं यस्तत्र कुरुते नरः । तस्यान्वये न दौर्भाग्यं भूयात्तस्याः प्रसादतः

Transliteration

gītavādyādikaṃ nṛtyaṃ yastatra kurute naraḥ | tasyānvaye na daurbhāgyaṃ bhūyāttasyāḥ prasādataḥ

Translation

ଯେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ ଗୀତ ଓ ବାଦ୍ୟ ସହିତ ନୃତ୍ୟ କରେ, ସେଇ ଦେବୀଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାଦରେ ତାହାର ବଂଶରେ ଦୁର୍ଭାଗ୍ୟ ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହୁଏ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• gīta-vādya-ādikam: singing, instrumental music, etc.
• gīta-vādya-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक) + vādya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective: "song and instruments etc."); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object of implied performance)

• nṛtyam: dance
• nṛtyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• kurute: does, performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• anvaye: in (his) lineage
• anvaye: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध निपात (negation)

• daurbhāgyam: misfortune
• daurbhāgyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daurbhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhūyāt: may arise/be
• bhūyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her (the goddess)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• prasādataḥ: due to (her) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ (cause/source)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter-context; explicit speaker appears at Adhyāya 60 opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devi-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a temple courtyard at Prabhāsa, devotees perform dance with singers and instrumentalists before the Devi; the goddess’s grace is shown as a protective canopy over the performer’s family line.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Devī (Ajādevī/Śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional celebration (song, music, and dance) at a sacred tīrtha becomes a cause of divine grace that protects one’s family line from misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing devotional dance with singing and instruments at the holy place as an offering of bhakti.