Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

कृपयाऽस्य प्रभावाच्च जातो जातिस्मरस्त्वहम् । अधुना परया भक्त्या यत्करोमि प्रदक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

kṛpayā'sya prabhāvācca jāto jātismarastvaham | adhunā parayā bhaktyā yatkaromi pradakṣiṇām

Translation

ఆయన కరుణా ప్రభావములవల్ల నేను జాతిస్మరుడనై యున్నాను. అందుచేత ఇప్పటికీ పరమ భక్తితో ప్రదక్షిణ చేస్తాను.

Word by Word

• कृपया: by (his) compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this (deity), his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्रभावात्: from (his) power/influence
• प्रभावात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• जातः: was born/became
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born/become’

• जातिस्मरः: one who remembers past births
• जातिस्मरः: Karta (Predicate noun/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: जातिं स्मरति इति (one who remembers former births)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• परया: supreme, intense
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘भक्त्या’)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (correlative)

• करोमि: I do, I perform
• करोमि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Veṇu (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra prāsāda-devatā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages present in the narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee (formerly a parrot) now in human-like form or as a speaking being, hands folded, eyes moist, describing the miracle of birth-memory while continuing pradakṣiṇā around the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Veṇu
• Jātismaratā
• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Bhakti
• Pradakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can awaken spiritual memory and intensify devotion; sustained pradakṣiṇā becomes a natural expression of grateful bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda Khaṇḍa shrine setting is praised indirectly as a locus of divine compassion that transforms the devotee’s consciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā performed with parā-bhakti (supreme devotion) is presented as the devotee’s primary practice.