Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एवं पुरंदरस्याग्रे संकीर्त्य स महामुनिः । दधीचिः प्राणसंहारं कृतवान्सत्वरं तदा

Transliteration

evaṃ puraṃdarasyāgre saṃkīrtya sa mahāmuniḥ | dadhīciḥ prāṇasaṃhāraṃ kṛtavānsatvaraṃ tadā

Translation

ครั้นประกาศปณิธานดังนี้ต่อหน้าปุรันทร (อินทรา) แล้ว มหามุนีทธีจิจึงกระทำการรวบคืนลมหายใจชีวิต (ปราณสังหาร) อย่างรวดเร็วในกาลนั้น

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘एवं/thus’

• पुरंदरस्य: of Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘in front of’

• संकीर्त्य: having praised/recited
• संकीर्त्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having praised/recited’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• दधीचिः: Dadhīci
• दधीचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्राणसंहारम्: withdrawal/ending of life-breath
• प्राणसंहारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण + संहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्राणानां संहारः)

• कृतवान्: did/performed
• कृतवान्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (क्तवतु/क्तवत्), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परिप्रयोगे भूतार्थः (perfective past: ‘did/has done’)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘quickly/hastily’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/time-adverb): ‘then’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Characters & Entities

• Purandara (Indra)
• Dadhīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mastery of prāṇa through tapas enables the sage to serve dharma with fearless, voluntary sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where such exemplary acts are remembered as part of the kṣetra’s spiritual greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No public ritual; it refers to yogic control—prāṇa-saṃhāra—as a fruit of austerity.