Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

मत्पूर्वजैस्तु कथितं सर्वमेव सुरेश्वर । तत्पुण्यं मा वृथा यातु प्रसादात्तव केशव

Transliteration

matpūrvajaistu kathitaṃ sarvameva sureśvara | tatpuṇyaṃ mā vṛthā yātu prasādāttava keśava

Translation

โอ้สุเรศวร พระผู้เป็นใหญ่เหนือเทพทั้งปวง เรื่องทั้งมวลนี้บรรพชนของข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวไว้แล้ว โอ้เคศวะ ด้วยพระกรุณา (ปรสาท) ของพระองค์ ขออย่าให้บุญนั้นสูญเปล่า

Word by Word

• मत्पूर्वजैः: by my forefathers
• मत्पूर्वजैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठीसम्बन्ध; प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Instrumental plural: ‘by my ancestors’)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (P.P.P.: ‘told/said’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma/Viṣaya (Object/content/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात

• सुरेश्वर: O Lord of gods
• सुरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

• तत्पुण्यम्: that merit
• तत्पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)

• मा: do not
• मा: Nipāta (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक (prohibitive particle, used with optative/imperative)

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in vain)

• यातु: may it go/be lost
• यातु: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आशीर्लिङ्/विधिलिङ्-प्रायः); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (imperative/benedictive sense: ‘may it go’)

• प्रसादात्: by (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Ablative singular: ‘from/through grace’)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन (Vocative singular)

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Keśava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee prays to Keśava with folded hands; behind him, faint silhouettes of forefathers (pitṛs) appear like a blessing lineage; the atmosphere suggests inherited sacred counsel and present surrender.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava
• Sureśvara
• pūrvaja (ancestors)
• puṇya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit becomes meaningful when supported by divine grace and when one follows the wisdom handed down by forefathers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā indirectly, as the broader setting where Keśava’s grace and tīrtha-merit are emphasized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is commanded here; it is a prayer that accumulated puṇya should become fruitful through Keśava’s prasāda.