Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । तदा सर्वमभूत्तत्र यद्यदाह च वै मुनिः । वाचि वीर्यं हि विप्राणां निर्मितं विष्णुना स्वयम्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | tadā sarvamabhūttatra yadyadāha ca vai muniḥ | vāci vīryaṃ hi viprāṇāṃ nirmitaṃ viṣṇunā svayam

Translation

پرہلاد نے کہا: پھر وہاں سب کچھ ویسا ہی ہوا جیسا مُنی نے کہا تھا۔ کیونکہ برہمنوں کی گفتار میں جو تاثیر ہے، وہ خود وشنو نے بنائی اور قائم رکھی ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभूत्: became / happened
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Relative object of āha/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• यत्: whatever (indeed)
• यत्: Karma (Correlative with previous/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), पुनरुक्ति (correlative emphasis)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; आह as perfect/past of √अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject of āha/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाचि: in speech / in words
• वाचि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• वीर्यम्: power / potency
• वीर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: for / indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• विप्राणाम्: of the brāhmaṇas
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Of the brāhmaṇas/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निर्मितम्: created / fashioned
• निर्मितम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective of vīryam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-मा (धातु) / निर्मा (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय; निर्मित
• Form: कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Emphasis on agent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः अव्यय (indeclinable), आत्मकर्तृवाचक (by oneself)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages/assembly in the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda narrates with composed devotion; behind him, the locale shows the curse’s fulfillment—river altered, people witnessing; a subtle Viṣṇu presence symbolizes the divine ground of vāk-śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Viṣṇu
• muni (sage)
• vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It affirms vāk-śakti: truthful, dharmic speech—especially of realized sages and Brāhmaṇas—carries divine potency sustained by Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Dvārakā-māhātmya (glorification of Dvārakā) in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, though this particular line emphasizes sacred speech rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on faith in the dharmic utterances of sages/Brāhmaṇas.