Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

वादिनां च सहस्राणि भनक्त्येवं निरीक्षणात्

Transliteration

vādināṃ ca sahasrāṇi bhanaktyevaṃ nirīkṣaṇāt

Translation

เพียงได้เห็น (พระองค์/ฤทธานุภาพศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น) ก็ทรงบดขยี้นักโต้แย้งนับพันได้ฉันนั้น

Word by Word

• vādinām: of debaters
• vādinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vādin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhanakti: breaks/defeats
• bhanakti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhaj (भज्) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (text-form: bhanakti = bhaṅkti/bhajati-variant)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• nirīkṣaṇāt: from/through (mere) looking; by observation
• nirīkṣaṇāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nir-īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from immediate context of the māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wave-like force of radiance emanates from the sacred presence; rows of disputants with debate-staffs and manuscripts collapse into silence, their arguments visually ‘shattered’ like broken reeds.

Characters & Entities

• Vādin
• Vāda
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-born spiritual authority can silence contention; divine grace outweighs mere argumentative skill.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha-prabhāva, as described in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed in this line; it summarizes the effect (phala) of the preceding practices.