Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । सा तस्या वचनं श्रुत्वा गत्वा सर्वं न्यवेदयत् । जनकाय सुता तूर्णं ततोऽसौ तुष्टिमाप्तवान्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | sā tasyā vacanaṃ śrutvā gatvā sarvaṃ nyavedayat | janakāya sutā tūrṇaṃ tato'sau tuṣṭimāptavān

Translation

پُلستیہ نے کہا: اس کے کلمات سن کر وہ گئی اور بیٹی نے فوراً اپنے باپ کو سب کچھ عرض کر دیا؛ پھر وہ (باپ) خوشنود ہو گیا۔

Word by Word

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• vacanam: words / statement
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (pronominal adjective used substantively), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nyavedayat: reported / informed
• nyavedayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु) उपसर्ग: नि +
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• janakāya: to Janaka
• janakāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sutā: daughter
• sutā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: thereafter/from that)

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āptavān: obtained / attained
• āptavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp-ta-vant (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √āp (धातु) + क्त + वत्)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (used as finite: 'obtained')

Speaker

Pulastya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya as narrator; the daughter rushes to her father and reports; the father’s face relaxes into satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• the daughter
• the father (janaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel, once received, should be communicated and enacted—leading to peace of mind and dharmic clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda spring remains the focus of the episode, now moving toward its practical application.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not in this verse; it narrates the acceptance of the plan to use the sacred water.