Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा विष्णुर्लक्ष्मीस्त्वां वरयिष्यति । पुरा चित्रं चरित्रं ते मथने दृष्टवानहम्

Transliteration

ityukto brahmaṇā viṣṇurlakṣmīstvāṃ varayiṣyati | purā citraṃ caritraṃ te mathane dṛṣṭavānaham

Translation

ครั้นพรหมตรัสดังนี้แก่พระวิษณุว่า “พระลักษมีเทวีจักทรงเลือกท่านเป็นคู่ คราวก่อนเมื่อกวนเกษียรสมุทร เราได้ประจักษ์การกระทำอันน่าอัศจรรย์ของท่านแล้ว”

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakya-parisamapti (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्त्यर्थक (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (passive sense)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरयिष्यति: will choose
• वरयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem: वरय-)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

• चित्रम्: wonderful
• चित्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying चरित्रम्)

• चरित्रम्: deed / episode
• चरित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मथने: in the churning (event)
• मथने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टवान्: saw
• दृष्टवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narrator (reporting Brahmā’s address to Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā addresses Viṣṇu with a boon-like assurance; Lakṣmī’s future choosing is implied, while the memory of the ocean-churning marvels glows in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Lakṣmī
• Samudra Manthana (Ocean Churning)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine sovereignty and auspiciousness converge in Viṣṇu—Lakṣmī’s choosing signifies that dharma and prosperity rest upon the protector of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-region setting (Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya) frames these cosmic memories as part of the kṣetra’s sacred teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction appears in this verse.