Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच । एवं ते नारदेनोक्ता मुनयो हृष्टमानसाः । चक्रुस्ते सहिताः सर्वे कृष्णदेवस्य तत्पथि

Transliteration

śrīprahlāda uvāca | evaṃ te nāradenoktā munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | cakruste sahitāḥ sarve kṛṣṇadevasya tatpathi

Translation

ศรีปรหลาดกล่าวว่า: เมื่อได้รับคำสั่งสอนจากนารทดังนี้ เหล่ามุนีมีใจยินดี แล้วทั้งหมดก็ออกเดินร่วมกันไปตามหนทางนั้นของพระกฤษณเทพ

Word by Word

• श्रीप्रह्लादः: Śrī Prahlāda
• श्रीप्रह्लादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीप्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नारदेन: by Nārada
• नारदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• उक्ताः: having been told
• उक्ताः: Karta (logical subject of passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थे (passive sense)

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हृष्टमानसाः: with delighted minds
• हृष्टमानसाः: Karta (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + मानस (प्रातिपदिक); हृष्टमानस (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मुनयः)

• चक्रुः: did / performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सहिताः: together / accompanied
• सहिताः: Karta (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participial adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ते/मुनयः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + देव (प्रातिपदिक); कृष्णदेव (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्पथि: on that path
• तत्पथि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + पथिन् (प्रातिपदिक); तत्पथि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पथिन्-शब्दस्य नपुंसकप्रयोगः), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (location)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-devasya pathaḥ (Dvārakā route)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda narrates as a group of sages, carrying staffs and waterpots, depart together at dawn after receiving Nārada’s counsel; their faces are bright with devotion; the road leads toward the western sea.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Nārada
• Munis
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True instruction culminates in action: inspired by a saintly teacher, seekers joyfully undertake the sacred path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā pilgrimage path associated with Lord Kṛṣṇa is implied as the sacred route.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The practical observance is yātrā itself—setting out together on the Kṛṣṇa/Dvārakā path after receiving guidance.