Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्वत्प्रसादेन विप्रर्षे तथा यत्नं विधेहि वै

Transliteration

tvatprasādena viprarṣe tathā yatnaṃ vidhehi vai

Translation

కాబట్టి, ఓ బ్రాహ్మణ-ఋషీ, మీ అనుగ్రహంతో నిశ్చయంగా అట్లే ప్రయత్నం చేయండి.

Word by Word

• त्वत्प्रसादेन: by your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्वत्-प्रसाद)

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• विप्रर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (विप्रश्चासौ ऋषिश्च)

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विधेहि: do; undertake
• विधेहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि-

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Yakṣa (continuation of the request)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant addresses a brāhmaṇa-sage with folded hands, requesting his favor and urging decisive action; a sacred grove/riverbank of Ayodhyā implied in the background.

Characters & Entities

• viprarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred renown is not mere publicity; it is grounded in saintly sanction and dharmic effort.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the request to glorify the local sthāna/tīrtha in Ayodhyā’s region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it asks for deliberate action (yatna) by the sage to establish the site’s standing.