Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

दशरथ उवाच । समाधानं किमत्रास्ते ब्रूहि मे द्विज सत्तम

Transliteration

daśaratha uvāca | samādhānaṃ kimatrāste brūhi me dvija sattama

Translation

దశరథుడు పలికెను—“ఇందులో పరిహారం ఏమి ఉంది? ఓ ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠా, నాకు చెప్పుము।”

Word by Word

• दशरथः: Daśaratha
• दशरथः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• समाधानम्: remedy/solution
• समाधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘solution/settlement’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma/Predicate complement
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• आस्ते: is/exists
• आस्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘is/exists/remains’

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मे: to me/my
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular; enclitic form)

• द्विज: O brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सत्तम: O best (excellent one)
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + तमप्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तमप्-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative)

Speaker

Daśaratha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daśaratha, earnest and anxious, addresses Vasiṣṭha with folded hands, asking for the remedy; sages sit composed, embodying calm knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dhārmic ruler seeks righteous solutions through humility and consultation with the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, the praise-context of Prabhāsa as a sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is a request for guidance (upadeśa) toward a proper remedy.