Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा ते कृतांजलयोऽब्रुवन् । भगवन्भगवद्रूपं द्रष्टुकामा वयं प्रभो

Transliteration

brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā te kṛtāṃjalayo'bruvan | bhagavanbhagavadrūpaṃ draṣṭukāmā vayaṃ prabho

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับพระวาจาของพระพรหม พวกเขาประนมมือแล้วทูลว่า: “ข้าแต่ภควาน ผู้เป็นนายเหนือหัว ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะได้เห็นพระรูปของพระภควาน”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• वचनम्: speech; command
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कृताञ्जलयः: with folded hands
• कृताञ्जलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कृतः अञ्जलिः येषां ते)

• अब्रुवन्: said
• अब्रुवन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भगवद्रूपम्: the Lord’s form
• भगवद्रूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भगवतः रूपम्)

• द्रष्टुकामाः: desiring to see
• द्रष्टुकामाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रष्टु (दृश् धातु, तुमुन्-प्रत्यय) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (द्रष्टुं कामः येषां ते)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• प्रभो: O master
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The four Kumāras stand with folded hands before Brahmā, faces serene yet intent, requesting vision of Bhagavān’s divine form.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Brahmā
• Sanakādi Kumāras
• Bhagavān (Supreme Lord/Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional longing for darśana is placed above worldly productivity, showing bhakti as a supreme aim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the darśana-theme supports the later sanctification of place and waters in Dvārakā’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Añjali (folded-hands reverence) is indicated as the posture of respectful devotion.