Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

व्रतं कृत्वा प्रभासे तु यथोक्तं वरवर्णिनि । ब्रह्मतीर्थे समागत्य उद्धृत्य सकलं ततः

Transliteration

vrataṃ kṛtvā prabhāse tu yathoktaṃ varavarṇini | brahmatīrthe samāgatya uddhṛtya sakalaṃ tataḥ

Translation

ఓ వరవర్ణినీ! ప్రభాసక్షేత్రంలో శాస్త్రోక్తంగా వ్రతం చేసి, వారు బ్రహ్మతీర్థానికి వచ్చి అక్కడి నుండి సమస్తమును పైకి ఎత్తి తీసుకొనిరి।

Word by Word

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• यथोक्तम्: as stated, according to instruction
• यथोक्तम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (वच् धातु → कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (as-said), क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन (adverbial)

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरः वर्णः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मतीर्थे: at Brahma-tīrtha
• ब्रह्मतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Brahmā’s sacred ford), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागत्य: having arrived
• समागत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having come/arrived’

• उद्धृत्य: having taken out, having extracted
• उद्धृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having lifted/taken out’

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), ‘thereupon/from there’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed as ‘O fair lady’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims who have completed a prescribed vow arrive at Brahma-tīrtha in Prabhāsa; they prepare to lift/extract something from the sacred spot, with attendants and onlookers gathered at the water’s edge.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Brahma-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-mahātmya is lived through prescribed practice—vows performed at the sacred site culminate in transformative encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahma-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a vrata at Prabhāsa “as instructed” (yathokta), followed by proceeding to Brahma-tīrtha.