Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

शं प्रजाभ्योऽस्तु देवेश शन्नोऽस्तु जगतांपते

Transliteration

śaṃ prajābhyo'stu deveśa śanno'stu jagatāṃpate

Translation

ข้าแต่จอมเทพ ขอความเป็นสิริมงคลจงมีแก่ประชาชน; ข้าแต่องค์เจ้าแห่งโลกทั้งหลาย ขอความเป็นสิริมงคลจงมีแก่พวกเราด้วย

Word by Word

• शम्: auspiciousness; welfare
• शम्: Sambandha (Benedictive/आशीर्वाद-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (मङ्गलार्थक-निपातः), ‘कल्याणम्/शिवम्’ इत्यर्थे

• प्रजाभ्यः: to the creatures/subjects
• प्रजाभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया? (न) — चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• शन्: welfare (auspiciousness)
• शन्: Sambandha (Benedictive/आशीर्वाद-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (मङ्गलार्थक-निपातः); ‘शम्’ + ‘नः’ इत्यत्र संहितायां ‘शन्नः’

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) वा चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) बहुवचन-एकवचन-प्रयोगः (एन्क्लिटिक ‘नः’ = ‘अस्माकम्/अस्मभ्यम्’); अत्र आशीर्वादे ‘अस्मभ्यं/अस्माकं’

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जगताम्: of the worlds
• जगताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पते: O Lord
• पते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; ‘जगताम्’ इत्यनेन षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः

Speaker

A devotee/praiser within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context (benedictory prayer)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims gathered in the Somnātha courtyard with folded hands; the priest raises a lamp; the atmosphere is calm, and the prayer radiates outward to the town and seashore.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa
• Jagatāṃpati
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion culminates in a universal prayer for the welfare of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where hymns and blessings are offered to the Lord for collective well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mangala/śānti-style benediction is given; it functions as a concluding or protective prayer.