Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

ततः श्रुतार्थः सुप्रीतः पृथुः प्रादात्प्रजेश्वरः । अनूपदेशं सूताय मागधान्मागधाय च

Transliteration

tataḥ śrutārthaḥ suprītaḥ pṛthuḥ prādātprajeśvaraḥ | anūpadeśaṃ sūtāya māgadhānmāgadhāya ca

Translation

แล้วพระปฤถุ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งประชา ครั้นทรงสดับถ้อยคำแล้วทรงยินดียิ่ง จึงพระราชทานแคว้นอนูปะอันเหมาะสมแก่สุทะ และพระราชทานแผ่นดินของชาวมาคธะแก่มาคธะด้วย

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः (sequence/thereupon)

• śrutārthaḥ: having heard the matter/meaning
• śrutārthaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śruta + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः तत्पुरुषः (श्रुतः अर्थः यस्य/श्रुतार्थः) — Masc, Nom, Sg.

• suprītaḥ: very pleased
• suprītaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + prīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (प्रि/प्री धातोः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, Masc, Nom, Sg.

• pṛthuḥ: Pṛthu
• pṛthuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masc, Nom, Sg.

• prādāt: gave
• prādāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, Parasmaipada, 3rd sg.

• prajeśvaraḥ: lord of the subjects
• prajeśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजानाम् ईश्वरः) — Masc, Nom, Sg.

• anūpadeśam: the Anūpadeśa (a region/territory)
• anūpadeśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anūpadeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Sg.

• sūtāya: to the Sūta
• sūtāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — Masc, Dative, Sg.

• māgadhān: the Māgadhas
• māgadhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masc, Accusative, Pl.

• māgadhāya: to the Māgadha
• māgadhāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — Masc, Dative, Sg.

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the Purāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pṛthu, pleased after hearing the composed praise, grants an appropriate region to the Sūta and the land of the Māgadhas to the Māgadha—formal royal gifting in a sacred assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthu
• Sūta
• Māgadha
• Anūpa
• Magadha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes patronage: a righteous king rewards service that upholds social memory and moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a tīrtha; the verse references regions (Anūpa and Magadha) within a broader Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A form of dāna/royal grant is implied: rewarding merit and service through land or regional endowment.