Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । ब्रह्मतीर्थं च तद्दृष्ट्वा तथा शक्रसरोभवम् । दर्शयन्विष्णुना सार्द्धमेकरूपत्वमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | brahmatīrthaṃ ca taddṛṣṭvā tathā śakrasarobhavam | darśayanviṣṇunā sārddhamekarūpatvamāpnuyāt

Translation

پرہلاد نے کہا: ‘برہمتیرتھ اور شکر (اندر) سے پیدا ہونے والے سرور کو دیکھ کر، اور وِشنو کے ساتھ مل کر (اس کا) درشن کراتے ہوئے، انسان الٰہی صورت کی یکتائی کو پا لیتا ہے۔’

Word by Word

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; वक्ता

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्रह्मतीर्थम्: the Brahma-tīrtha (sacred ford)
• ब्रह्मतीर्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म- + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (ब्रह्मतीर्थम् इत्यस्य)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having seen)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शक्रसरोभवम्: the lake/pond of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रसरोभवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र- + सरस् + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• दर्शयन्: showing
• दर्शयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि (acting as subject-participle)

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Sahakaraka (सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सह-योगे

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (with, together)

• एकरूपत्वम्: oneness of form, identity
• एकरूपत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक- + रूपत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (state attained)

• आप्नुयात्: may attain
• आप्नुयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha; Śakra-sarovara

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda speaks while indicating two sacred waters—Brahma-tīrtha and Śakra-born lake—alongside Viṣṇu’s presence; the devotee’s form subtly transforms into divine likeness, suggesting ekarūpatā.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Brahma-tīrtha
• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakra-saras
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is not only personal seeing (darśana) but also sharing sacred knowledge; such reverent engagement is said to lead toward divine union.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahma-tīrtha and Śakra-saras (Indra’s lake) within the Dvārakā Māhātmya sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-darśana (visiting/seeing) and ‘darśayan’—guiding or pointing out the holy site in a Viṣṇu-centered devotional context.