Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 177

Devanagari script

उपविष्टोग्रतस्तस्य प्रणिपत्य पुनःपुनः । प्रोवाच वचनं तत्र पूर्ववृत्तं यथाऽभवत्

Transliteration

upaviṣṭogratastasya praṇipatya punaḥpunaḥ | provāca vacanaṃ tatra pūrvavṛttaṃ yathā'bhavat

Translation

เขานั่งอยู่เบื้องหน้า แล้วกราบลงซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า จากนั้นจึงกล่าวถ้อยคำ ณ ที่นั้น เล่าเหตุการณ์ก่อนหน้าให้ตรงตามที่ได้เกิดขึ้นจริง

Word by Word

• उपविष्टः: seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) ‘उपविष्ट’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कथयिता-विशेषण)

• अग्रतः: in front (of)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: ‘in front’)

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नि-पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: ‘again’)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचनम्: words, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• पूर्ववृत्तम्: the earlier event/account
• पूर्ववृत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘पूर्वं वृत्तम्’ → पूर्ववृत्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (वचनम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य/विषय)

• यथा: as, how
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as, just as)

• अभवत्: happened, occurred
• अभवत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛs (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant sits before a venerable sage, hands folded, repeatedly bowing; the atmosphere is calm, with a sacred coastal tīrtha hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Gośṛṅga Ṛṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthful disclosure of one’s situation before a sage enables proper dharmic counsel and the path to relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the rishi’s āśrama (Himālaya), a sanctified place where guidance and healing are sought.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated praṇāma and respectful sitting before the sage are implied as proper conduct; no formal vow or bath is specified here.