Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तोऽसौ महाभागो नारायणपरायणः । कथयामास संक्षेपात्सर्वलोकहितोद्यतः

Transliteration

ityukto'sau mahābhāgo nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ | kathayāmāsa saṃkṣepātsarvalokahitodyataḥ

Translation

இவ்வாறு கூறப்பட்டபோது, நாராயணனையே சரணமாகக் கொண்ட அந்த மஹாபாகன், எல்லா உலகங்களின் நலனுக்காக முனைந்து சுருக்கமாக உரைக்கத் தொடங்கினார்.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक)

• uktaḥ: addressed / spoken to
• uktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vac (धातु) (क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘असौ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asau (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahābhāgaḥ: greatly fortunate / illustrious
• mahābhāgaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: महान् भोगः/भाग्यं यस्य सः (प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्)

• nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ: devoted to Nārāyaṇa
• nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nārāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: नारायणः परायणं यस्य/नारायणे परायणः (devoted to Nārāyaṇa)

• kathayāmāsa: narrated / told
• kathayāmāsa: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• saṃkṣepāt: briefly
• saṃkṣepāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/तृतीया-प्रयोगः): संक्षेपेण (briefly)

• sarvalokahitodyataḥ: intent on the welfare of all worlds
• sarvalokahitodyataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: सर्वलोकस्य हिते उद्यतः (eager for the welfare of all worlds)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda, described as ‘mahābhāga’ and ‘Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa’, begins his concise discourse; the assembly becomes still, ready to receive a world-benefiting teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The best teaching is rooted in devotion to Nārāyaṇa and offered for universal welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s māhātmya frame continues, situating the instruction within Dvārakā’s sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the forthcoming instruction.