Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

गया च देवखातानि पितरो देवमानवाः । श्रुत्वा प्रमुदिता वाचं प्रोचुर्जयजयेति च

Transliteration

gayā ca devakhātāni pitaro devamānavāḥ | śrutvā pramuditā vācaṃ procurjayajayeti ca

Translation

Ang Gayā, ang mga banal na lawa na hinukay ng mga deva, ang mga Pitṛ, at ang mga diyos at tao—pagkarinig sa mga salitang nagdudulot ng galak—ay nagpahayag: “Tagumpay! Tagumpay!”

Word by Word

• गया: Gayā (tīrtha)
• गया: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवखातानि: divine tanks/pits (excavated by gods)
• देवखातानि: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + खात (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवैः खातानि/देवकृत-खातानि: 'divine excavations/tanks')

• पितरः: the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितरः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देव-मानवाः: gods and humans
• देव-मानवाः: Karta (Appositive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• प्रमुदिताः: delighted
• प्रमुदिताः: Visheshana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (of देवमानवाः/पितरः etc.)

• वाचम्: speech/words
• वाचम्: Karma (Object of श्रुत्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोचुः: proclaimed/said
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जय: victory!
• जय: Vacana (Quoted utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: उद्गार-रूप अव्यय (exclamatory cry)

• जय: victory!
• जय: Vacana (Quoted utterance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (अव्यय/उद्गार)
• Form: उद्गार-रूप अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (emphasis)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Prahlāda (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayā; Deva-khāta (divinely-dug holy pools)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narrative audience; dramatis personae include pitṛs, devas, humans

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tri-layered assembly: Pitṛs in subtle luminous forms, devas in radiant aerial posture, humans on earth—together acclaiming ‘Jaya, jaya!’; in the background, Gayā’s sacred landscape and shimmering deva-khāta pools.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Pitṛs
• gods
• humans
• devakhāta tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places and spiritual beings (including the Pitṛs) rejoice when supreme dharma and tīrtha-glory are proclaimed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Gayā is explicitly mentioned among revered tīrthas, within the broader Dvārakā-centered celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse depicts collective rejoicing and proclamation of ‘jaya jaya’.