Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु तैरुक्तः सर्वज्ञानक्रियापरैः । सानन्दाः प्राणिनः संतु त्वत्प्रसादात्पुरा यथा

Transliteration

evamuktastu tairuktaḥ sarvajñānakriyāparaiḥ | sānandāḥ prāṇinaḥ saṃtu tvatprasādātpurā yathā

Translation

అలా అనగా, సర్వజ్ఞాన-సత్క్రియలలో నిమగ్నులైన వారు ప్రత్యుత్తరం ఇచ్చారు—“మీ ప్రసాదంతో ప్రాణులు ఆనందంగా ఉండుగాక, పూర్వకాలంలో ఉన్నట్లే।”

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• uktaḥ: addressed, spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle)

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• uktaḥ: spoken (in reply)
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त

• sarva-jñāna-kriyā-paraiḥ: by those devoted to all knowledge and rites
• sarva-jñāna-kriyā-paraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (jñāna-kriyayoḥ pareṣu)

• sa-ānandāḥ: joyful
• sa-ānandāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/सह) + ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुषः (ānandena saha)

• prāṇinaḥ: living beings
• prāṇinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• santu: let (them) be
• santu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• tvat-prasādāt: from your grace
• tvat-prasādāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tava prasādaḥ)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• yathā: as, just like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/conj.)

Speaker

Tapodhana sages (replying to Rudra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, joyful and composed, respond to Rudra: ‘By your grace, let beings be happy as in ancient times’; the scene radiates calm blessing over the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (implied as addressee)
• All beings (prāṇin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest use of divine access is universal welfare—seeking joy and harmony for all beings through the Lord’s prasāda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sages’ prayer becomes part of the site’s sacred moral atmosphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is specified; it is a supplicatory prayer (praṇidhi) for world-welfare.