Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

यथा तुष्यंति विप्रास्ते तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम्

Transliteration

yathā tuṣyaṃti viprāste tathā nītirvidhīyatām

Translation

ขอจงวางระเบียบแห่งความประพฤติอันถูกต้องให้เป็นไป เพื่อให้พราหมณ์เหล่านั้นพึงพอใจอย่างบริบูรณ์

Word by Word

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction), यथार्थे (so that/in such a way that)

• तुष्यन्ति: are pleased
• तुष्यन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; विप्राः इत्यस्य पुनरुक्त-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus / accordingly
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तद्वत्-अर्थे (thus/accordingly)

• नीतिः: policy / course of action
• नीतिः: Karma (कर्म; विधीयताम् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विधीयताम्: let it be arranged / ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Devas (collective divine counsel; speaker not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deliberative scene where leaders decide a ‘proper policy’ to please the resident brāhmaṇas: brāhmaṇas seated with calm dignity, offerings arranged (water-pots, cloth, grains), envoys consulting respectfully.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in a sacred region is upheld by ensuring respectful satisfaction of the brāhmaṇas who embody Vedic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region), within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the verse prescribes arranging conduct and decisions so that brāhmaṇas are duly satisfied (often implying hospitality, honor, and appropriate gifts).