Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सरोरुहाणि चादाय व्रजाम्यत्र सुरालये । यदि कश्चित्प्रगृह्णाति प्राणयात्रा ततो भवेत्

Transliteration

saroruhāṇi cādāya vrajāmyatra surālaye | yadi kaścitpragṛhṇāti prāṇayātrā tato bhavet

Translation

‘ข้าพเจ้าจะนำดอกบัวเหล่านี้ไปยังเทวาลัย ณ ที่นี้ หากมีผู้ใดรับไว้ ชีวิตยังชีพของเรา—หนทางค้ำจุนลมหายใจ—จักมั่นคงได้’

Word by Word

• saroruhāṇi: lotuses
• saroruhāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saroruha (saras (प्रातिपदिक) + ruha (कृदन्त; √ruh (धातु)))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सरसः रुहाणि = ‘lotuses’)

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

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक (having taken)

• vrajāmi: I go
• vrajāmi: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष? actually उत्तमपुरुष (1st person/उत्तमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक/locative adverb)

• surālaye: in the abode of gods
• surālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् आलयः)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Conditional marker/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्तबोधक conjunction)

• kaścit: someone
• kaścit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaścid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• pragṛhṇāti: takes; accepts
• pragṛhṇāti: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√grah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prāṇa-yātrā: maintenance of life
• prāṇa-yātrā: Karta (Subject of bhavet/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्राणानां यात्रा = sustenance of life)

• tataḥ: then; from that
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• bhavet: would be; may occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking to sages), within Sūta’s Prabhāsa narrative frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim, clutching lotuses, rises into the night and heads toward a lamp-lit shrine where singing continues, hoping someone will accept the flowers and help sustain him and his wife.

Characters & Entities

• surālaya (temple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a sacred shrine with offerings aligns worldly need with dharmic action, opening the door to grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A surālaya (divine temple) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, later identified with Rudreśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying flowers for offering in temple worship (puṣpāñjali/pūjā) as part of devotional practice.