Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

अथ तानब्रवीत्सर्वान्मुनीन्किंचित्सविस्मयः । दीर्घायुर्न च बालोऽयं युष्माभिः संप्रकीर्तितः

Transliteration

atha tānabravītsarvānmunīnkiṃcitsavismayaḥ | dīrghāyurna ca bālo'yaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ

Translation

แล้วเขากล่าวแก่เหล่ามุนีทั้งปวงด้วยความพิศวงเล็กน้อยว่า “กุมารผู้นี้มิได้มีอายุยืน ดังที่ท่านทั้งหลายได้ประกาศไว้”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरबोधक-अव्यय (then)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तान्/मुनीन्)

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• किंचित्: somewhat
• किंचित्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: परिमाण/अल्पत्वबोधक-अव्यय (somewhat)

• स-विस्मयः: with astonishment
• स-विस्मयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (विस्मयेन सह)

• दीर्घायुḥ: long-lived (one)
• दीर्घायुḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• बालः: a boy
• बालः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• युष्माभिः: by you (pl.)
• युष्माभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• संप्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed
• संप्रकीर्तितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Pulastya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (frame) / addressed king within episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king or patron, astonished, addresses an assembly of austere sages, questioning their proclamation about a boy’s lifespan; the boy stands nearby, fragile yet central.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Aṅgirā
• Saptarṣi
• boy (brahmacārī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Blessings and destiny are treated with seriousness; the Purāṇic frame invites reflection on how grace, karma, and insight interact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned directly; the verse continues the ashram-side episode within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal-narrative exchange concerning lifespan (āyuḥ) and sage perception.