Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ये प्राणिनः कुत्रचिदत्र संति ब्रह्माण्डमध्ये परतश्च केचित् । तेषां तु सिद्धिः परमास्त्वनिंद्या स्तुते जगद्धातरि वासुदेवे

Transliteration

ye prāṇinaḥ kutracidatra saṃti brahmāṇḍamadhye parataśca kecit | teṣāṃ tu siddhiḥ paramāstvaniṃdyā stute jagaddhātari vāsudeve

Translation

ไม่ว่าสรรพชีวิตใดจะมีอยู่ ณ ที่ใด—ภายในจักรวาลนี้หรือแม้ไกลโพ้น—เมื่อสรรเสริญวาสุเทวะ ผู้ทรงค้ำจุนจักรวาล ขอให้เขาทั้งหลายบรรลุความสำเร็จสูงสุดอันปราศจากมลทิน

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• कुत्रचित्: somewhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चित-स्थानवाचक अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्माण्डमध्ये: in the midst of the universe
• ब्रह्माण्डमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्ये (प्रातिपदिक: मध्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ब्रह्माण्ड), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्माण्डस्य मध्ये = within the universe-egg)

• परतः: from elsewhere
• परतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/स्थानवाचक (from elsewhere/outside)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• केचित्: some (others)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• सिद्धिः: attainment/success
• सिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• परमा: supreme
• परमा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सिद्धिः)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अनिन्द्या: blameless
• अनिन्द्या: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सिद्धिः)

• स्तुते: when (you are) praised / in (the state of) being praised
• स्तुते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle: स्तुत), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (सम्बोधनार्थे/विषय-निर्देशे)

• जगद्धातरि: in/unto the creator of the world
• जगद्धातरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः धाता = creator of the world)

• वासुदेवे: in/unto Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरणे/सम्बोधनार्थे (addressing)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (hymnic praise; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hymn that breaks the boundary of the universe: beings within and beyond the brahmāṇḍa receive ‘paramā anindya siddhi’ as Vāsudeva is praised; cosmic vastness and purity dominate.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Jagaddhātṛ
• Brahmāṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Stuti (praise) of Vāsudeva is taught as a cause for the highest, faultless spiritual attainment for all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, reinforcing the sacred atmosphere of Prabhāsa where such praise is especially efficacious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual is prescribed; the act is stuti (praise) directed to Vāsudeva.