Shloka 185 - Adhyaya 336 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Telugu | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 185

Devanagari script

चिंतयामास दुःखार्तः कथं कार्यं मया भवेत् । इत्येवं चिंतयानस्य मतिर्जाता महात्मनः । पुत्रः स कथ्यते लोके पितरं त्रायते तु यः

Transliteration

ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhārtaḥ kathaṃ kāryaṃ mayā bhavet | ityevaṃ ciṃtayānasya matirjātā mahātmanaḥ | putraḥ sa kathyate loke pitaraṃ trāyate tu yaḥ

Translation

దుఃఖంతో బాధపడుతూ అతడు ఆలోచించాడు—“నేను ఏమి చేయాలి?” ఇలా తలచుతుండగా ఆ మహాత్మునిలో మహత్తర నిశ్చయం కలిగింది—లోకంలో తండ్రిని రక్షించేవాడే నిజమైన ‘పుత్రుడు’ అని చెప్పబడతాడు।

Word by Word

चिन्तयामासthought, reflected

दुःखार्तःdistressed by sorrow

कथम्how?

कार्यम्what is to be done, duty

मयाby me

भवेत्should be

इतिthus

एवम्in this way

चिन्तयानस्यof (him) thinking

मतिःan idea, resolve

जाताarose, was born

महात्मनःof the great-souled one

पुत्रःson

सःhe/that (one)

कथ्यतेis called

लोकेin the world

पितरम्father

त्रायतेprotects, saves

तुindeed, but

यःwho

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king sits in sorrowful contemplation, hands to chest or forehead, then his face brightens with a firm dharmic resolve as the maxim about a true son arises within him.

Characters & Entities

pitṛ (father)

putra (son)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A son’s highest dharma is to work for his father’s protection and spiritual uplift—ultimately, his liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa region), setting up a pilgrimage-based means for pitṛ-mokṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated here; it establishes the ethical principle that motivates later tīrtha-yātrā and acts for the father’s release.