Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ भगवन्क्रीत एव न संशयः । एतद्योग्यतमं मूल्यं भवतो मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhagavankrīta eva na saṃśayaḥ | etadyogyatamaṃ mūlyaṃ bhavato munisattama

Translation

จงลุกขึ้นเถิด จงลุกขึ้นเถิด โอ้พระผู้เจริญ—ท่านได้ถูกทำให้พอพระทัยแล้วโดยแท้ ปราศจากข้อสงสัย; โอ้ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ นี่คือบูชามูลค่าที่เหมาะสมที่สุดสำหรับท่าน

Word by Word

• uttiṣṭha: rise, stand up
• uttiṣṭha: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्

• uttiṣṭha: rise (again, emphatically)
• uttiṣṭha: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• bhagavan: O Lord
• bhagavan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्

• krītaḥ: bought, purchased
• krītaḥ: Pratijna/Predicate (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krī (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तरि/भावे ‘bought’

• eva: indeed, certainly
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थकः (emphatic particle)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Pratishedhya (Negated predicate/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• etad: this
• etad: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (mūlyam)

• yogyatamam: most fitting
• yogyatamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yogya + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; तमप्-प्रत्ययान्त (superlative) विशेषणम् (mūlyam)

• mūlyam: price, value
• mūlyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūlya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• bhavataḥ: of you / your
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचनम्; आदरार्थक-भवत् (honorific ‘your’)

• munisattama: O best of sages
• munisattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (श्रेष्ठः मुनिषु)

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual continuation of instruction to the sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king respectfully urges a venerable sage to rise, declaring the offering fully accepted; attendants hold ritual gifts, with cows nearby indicating go-dāna as the implied ‘price’.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaśa
• Muni (addressed)
• Go-dāna (implied as the offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous offering, given with propriety, restores harmony between householder duty and ascetic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as a setting where correct dāna resolves spiritual and social tensions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Confirmation of the adequacy of the offering—understood here as go-dāna—presented as the most fitting ‘mūlya’.