Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अपि चेत्सुप्रसन्नोऽसि क्रियायोगं ब्रवीहि मे । लोकानां तारणार्थाय शंखचक्रगदाधर

Transliteration

api cetsuprasanno'si kriyāyogaṃ bravīhi me | lokānāṃ tāraṇārthāya śaṃkhacakragadādhara

Translation

اگر آپ نہایت مہربان ہیں تو مجھے کریا یوگ سکھائیے، اے شَنکھ، چکر اور گدا دھارن کرنے والے، تاکہ لوگوں کو پار اتارا جا سکے۔

Word by Word

• अपि: indeed / if
• अपि: Prayojaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), सम्भावना/अनुनयार्थ — particle expressing ‘if/indeed’

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• सुप्रसन्नः: very pleased
• सुप्रसन्नः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु+प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; विशेषण of implied ‘त्वम्’

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — present, 2nd person singular

• क्रियायोगम्: the yoga of action (kriyā-yoga)
• क्रियायोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular

• ब्रवीहि: tell / speak
• ब्रवीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — imperative, 2nd person singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन — pronoun dative singular

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds / of people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — masculine genitive plural

• तारणार्थाय: for the purpose of deliverance
• तारणार्थाय: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — masculine dative singular; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• शंखचक्रगदाधर: O bearer of conch, discus, and mace
• शंखचक्रगदाधर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — masculine vocative singular; बहुव्रीहिः ‘यस्य शंख-चक्र-गदा धृताः’

Speaker

Ambārīṣa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viṣṇu (Śaṅkha-cakra-gadādhara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ambārīṣa appeals for kriyā-yoga, addressing Viṣṇu as the four-armed bearer of conch, discus, and mace, for the salvation of the worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Ambārīṣa
• Viṣṇu (Śaṃkha-cakra-gadā-dhara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When higher contemplative paths are difficult, one may seek a practicable discipline of action and worship for the welfare of all.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the request occurs within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse explicitly asks for kriyāyoga—structured religious practice (actions of worship and discipline).