Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 142
Devanagari script
तत्रतत्र प्रजास्ता वै निवसन्ति स्म सर्वदा । आहारः फलमूलं तु प्रजानामभवत्किल
Transliteration
tatratatra prajāstā vai nivasanti sma sarvadā | āhāraḥ phalamūlaṃ tu prajānāmabhavatkila
Translation
అలాంటి చోట్ల ప్రజలు ఎల్లప్పుడూ నివసించేవారు; వారి ఆహారం, అని చెబుతారు, ఫలాలు మరియు మూలాలే।
Word by Word
तत्रतत्रhere and there; in various places
तत्रतत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय) + तत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति-अव्यय (reduplicated adverb)
प्रजाःpeople; subjects
प्रजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); बहुवचन
ताःthose (they)
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
वैindeed; certainly
वै:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
निवसन्तिlive; dwell
निवसन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि√वस् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
स्म(indicates past/habitual)
स्म:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; भूतार्थक-स्म (past-tense marker with present)
सर्वदाalways
सर्वदा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
आहारःfood; sustenance
आहारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
फलमूलम्fruits and roots
फलमूलम्:
Pratipādya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative: fruits and roots)
तुbut; indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)
प्रजानाम्of the people
प्रजानाम्:
Shashthi-Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); बहुवचन
अभवत्was; became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
किलit is said; indeed
किल:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; ऐतिह्यार्थक-निपात (hearsay/indeed)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: People living in small clearings, gathering fruits and digging roots; calm daily rhythm; no ploughs or markets; nature abundant yet modest.
Characters & Entities
P
Prajā (people/creatures)P
Phala-mūla (fruits and roots)FAQs
Before structured agriculture, life depended on simple, natural sustenance—implying restraint and harmony with the earth.
The account is situated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, lending sacred depth to the region through primordial human history.
None.