Shloka 164 - Adhyaya 18 - Vastrapatha Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 164

Devanagari script

पौत्रश्च निश्चितं तादृग्भवतीति न चेत्सुतः । प्रह्लादस्तु महायोगी वैष्णवो विष्णुवल्लभः

Transliteration

pautraśca niścitaṃ tādṛgbhavatīti na cetsutaḥ | prahlādastu mahāyogī vaiṣṇavo viṣṇuvallabhaḥ

Translation

และหากบุตรมิได้เป็นเช่นนั้น หลานย่อมแน่นอนว่าจะเป็นไปตามสันดานนั้นเอง; แต่ปรหลาทเป็นมหาโยคี—ผู้ภักดีต่อพระวิษณุ และเป็นที่รักของพระวิษณุ

Word by Word

पौत्रःgrandson

चand

निश्चितम्certainly

तादृक्of that kind, similar

भवतिis/becomes

इतिthus

नnot

चेत्if

सुतःson

प्रह्लादःPrahlāda

तुindeed

महायोगीa great yogin

वैष्णवःa devotee of Viṣṇu

विष्णुवल्लभःbeloved of Viṣṇu

Speaker

Narrator in Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya (contextual, likely Skanda’s discourse within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker praises Prahlāda as a great yogin and beloved of Viṣṇu, implying that Bali inherits Prahlāda’s virtues through lineage.

Characters & Entities

Prahlāda

Viṣṇu

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True nobility is measured by devotion and yogic virtue; Prahlāda is upheld as the model Vaiṣṇava regardless of demonic lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya within Prabhāsa, where narratives support the sanctity and fame of the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is explicitly prescribed in this verse.