Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । अत्रासौ तस्करः प्राप्तो वैशाखो दारुणाकृतिः । येन सर्वे वयं मुष्टा अस्मि न्स्थाने समागताः

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | atrāsau taskaraḥ prāpto vaiśākho dāruṇākṛtiḥ | yena sarve vayaṃ muṣṭā asmi nsthāne samāgatāḥ

Translation

เหล่าฤๅษีกล่าวว่า “ที่นี่โจรไวศาขะผู้มีรูปอันน่าหวาดกลัวได้มาถึงแล้ว เพราะเขานั่นเองพวกเราทั้งหมดถูกปล้น จึงมาชุมนุมกัน ณ ที่นี้”

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• असौ: that (man)
• असौ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तस्करः: thief
• तस्करः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: has come, arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriyā (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (past participle used predicatively)

• वैशाखः: Vaiśākha
• वैशाखः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (proper name)

• दारुणाकृतिः: of dreadful appearance
• दारुणाकृतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Appositional qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दारुणा आकृतिः)

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/agent in relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental singular: by whom/whereby)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (1st person pronoun)

• मुष्टाः: robbed
• मुष्टाः: Kriyā (Predicate state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; from मुष् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन (past participle: robbed/plundered)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative singular)

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative singular)

• समागताः: have assembled, have come
• समागताः: Kriyā (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (the sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, visibly distressed, point toward the feared thief Vaiśākha; their faces show a mix of sorrow and righteous indignation as they speak in unison.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a life marked by wrongdoing can be redirected when events draw one toward a sacred place and saintly company.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the verse sets up the encounter that leads to later japa and transformation.