Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

उत्साहबलसंयुक्तो देववज्जीवते सुधीः । दाता भोक्ता च वाग्ग्मी च तीर्थस्यास्य प्रसादतः

Transliteration

utsāhabalasaṃyukto devavajjīvate sudhīḥ | dātā bhoktā ca vāggmī ca tīrthasyāsya prasādataḥ

Translation

இந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தின் அருளால் உற்சாகமும் வலிமையும் உடைய ஞானி தேவனைப் போல வாழ்வான்; தானம் செய்பவனாகவும், நியாயமான போக்தாவாகவும், வாக்கில் வல்லவனாகவும் ஆகிறான்.

Word by Word

• utsāha-bala-saṃyuktaḥ: endowed with zeal and strength
• utsāha-bala-saṃyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: utsāha (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (कृदन्त) [saṃ-√yuj (धातु)]
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• deva-vat: like a god
• deva-vat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: उपमावाचक अव्यय (adverbial: 'like a god')

• jīvate: lives
• jīvate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jīv (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद

• sudhīḥ: the wise man
• sudhīḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• dātā: a giver
• dātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dā (धातु) → dātṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• bhoktā: an enjoyer
• bhoktā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuj (धातु) → bhoktṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तरि तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vāg-gmī: eloquent
• vāg-gmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (प्रातिपदिक) + gmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tīrthasya: of the sacred place
• tīrthasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• prasādataḥ: due to (its) grace
• prasādataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (singular); -तः (tas) = 'from/by reason of'

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (Brahmakuṇḍa context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise pilgrim emerges from the sacred waters with a luminous, confident posture; scenes of him giving gifts, speaking eloquently in an assembly, and living with dignified abundance—framed as tīrtha’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s grace refines human life—strengthening virtue, generosity, and eloquence—so one lives in a godlike, dharmic way.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha (contextually the Brahmakuṇḍa section of the Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it states the transformative fruits obtained through the tīrtha’s favor.