Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 135

Devanagari script

सर्वमेतदहं राजन्विधास्यामि न संशयः । वत्सं तु मम संयुक्ष्व क्षरेयं येन वत्सला

Transliteration

sarvametadahaṃ rājanvidhāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | vatsaṃ tu mama saṃyukṣva kṣareyaṃ yena vatsalā

Translation

“ข้าแต่พระราชา ข้าพเจ้าจักจัดการสิ่งทั้งปวงนี้แน่นอน—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่ แต่ก่อนอื่น จงเทียมลูกวัวให้แก่ข้าพเจ้า; แล้วข้าพเจ้าจักหลั่งน้ำนมดุจแม่โคผู้เอ็นดูลูกวัว”

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular: everything)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular: this)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-एकवचन; (Vocative singular: O king)

• विधास्यामि: I will do/arrange
• विधास्यामि: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) → विधा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (Simple future: I shall arrange/do)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• वत्सम्: the calf
• वत्सम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Accusative singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (contrast/emphasis particle)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Genitive singular)

• संयुक्ष्व: yoke/join
• संयुक्ष्व: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग) → संयुज्
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (Imperative: yoke/join)

• क्षरेयम्: may I yield (milk)
• क्षरेयम्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षर् (धातु) → क्षरेयम् (विधिलिङ्/आशीर्लिङ् रूप)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (सम्भावना/आशीः), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; (Optative: may I flow/drip)

• येन: by which/so that
• येन: Hetu/Karaṇa (Means/Instrument/हेतु-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (Instrumental singular: by which/so that)

• वत्सला: affectionate to the calf
• वत्सला: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Nominative singular feminine)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Earth, personified as a cow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhūdevī speaks to the king: she will comply, but requests a calf to be yoked first. The scene emphasizes gentleness—cow-mother affection awakening, milk about to flow.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthivī
• Rājan (the King—Pṛthu implied)
• Vatsa (calf)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right order and prosperity arise when kingship (rājadharma) cooperates with Nature (Pṛthivī) through dharmic means rather than violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, the narrative frames cosmic history to exalt Prabhāsa as a sacred landscape where dharma and creation-order are remembered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse uses the ‘calf-yoking’ motif as a dharmic symbol for drawing sustenance properly from the earth.