Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

यस्याद्यापीह गायन्ति भूर्भुवःस्वर्नि वासिनः । देवदैत्यासुराः सर्वे वाल्मीक्याद्या महर्षयः

Transliteration

yasyādyāpīha gāyanti bhūrbhuvaḥsvarni vāsinaḥ | devadaityāsurāḥ sarve vālmīkyādyā maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Hanggang ngayon, inaawit pa rin siya ng mga naninirahan sa Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ, at Svar—mga deva, daitya, at asura, at ang mga dakilang rishi na pinangungunahan ni Vālmīki.

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• अद्यापि: even today, still
• अद्यापि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय-समुच्चय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = ‘even today/still’

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Location adjunct/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = ‘here’

• गायन्ति: sing (praise)
• गायन्ति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूः: earth-world (Bhūḥ)
• भूः: Qualifier in compound-like list (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समाहार-निर्देश in triad

• भुवः: mid-world (Bhuvaḥ)
• भुवः: Qualifier in list (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; triad member

• स्वः: heaven-world (Svaḥ)
• स्वः: Qualifier in list (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; triad member

• नि: in (as in ‘dwelling in’)
• नि: Compound/phrase marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; here used as particle with वासिनः (reading: ‘भूर्भुवःस्वर्निवासिनः’ = inhabitants of Bhūr-Bhuvaḥ-Svaḥ)

• वासिनः: inhabitants, dwellers
• वासिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘inhabitants/dwellers’

• देवदैत्यासुराः: gods, daityas, and asuras
• देवदैत्यासुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + दैत्य + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण of देवदैत्यासुराः/महर्षयः (collectively)

• वाल्मीक्याद्याः: beginning with Vālmīki
• वाल्मीक्याद्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाल्मीकि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘वाल्मीकिः आदिः येषाम्’—group headed by Vālmīki

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daśaratheśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not explicit

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic chorus: devas, daityas, asuras, and great sages like Vālmīki singing the glory of Rāma; layered worlds (Bhūr-Bhuvaḥ-Svar) depicted as stacked realms.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Bhūr-Bhuvaḥ-Svar
• Devas
• Daityas
• Asuras
• Vālmīki
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharmic glory transcends worlds and adversarial divisions; even opposing beings acknowledge virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse primarily glorifies Rāma’s fame; within the chapter’s frame it supports Prabhāsa’s greatness as the setting of Daśaratha’s tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is praise (kīrtana/stuti) describing universal acclaim.