Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

शृणु मे वचनं विप्र योऽस्या भर्ता भविष्यति । प्रियव्रतान्वयभवो महाबलपराक्रमः

Transliteration

śṛṇu me vacanaṃ vipra yo'syā bhartā bhaviṣyati | priyavratānvayabhavo mahābalaparākramaḥ

Translation

ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ จงฟังถ้อยคำของเรา: ว่าที่สามีของนางจักบังเกิดในวงศ์ปรียวรตะ เปี่ยมด้วยกำลังใหญ่และวีรภาพอันสูงส่ง

Word by Word

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (enclitic) — here: ‘my’

• वचनम्: word, statement
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विप्र: O brahmin
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — relative pronoun

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• भर्ता: husband
• भर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रियव्रतान्वयभवः: born in Priyavrata’s lineage
• प्रियव्रतान्वयभवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियव्रत + अन्वय + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः — ‘प्रियव्रतस्य अन्वये भवः’ (born in the lineage of Priyavrata)

• महाबलपराक्रमः: of great strength and valor
• महाबलपराक्रमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः/बहुपद-समासः — ‘महान् बलः पराक्रमश्च यस्य’ (as epithet)

Speaker

Agni (Havyavāhana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage delivers a calm prophecy to a brāhmaṇa about a future husband born in Priyavrata’s line—an intimate, indoor āśrama scene with ritual implements nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Havyavāhana)
• Priyavrata (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma aligns relationships through divine order—virtue, lineage, and protection are harmonized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa/Vastrāpatha sacred narrative frame; the verse itself gives genealogical prophecy rather than a tīrtha act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it continues Agni’s oracle-like response.