Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । ब्रह्मादीनागतान्दृष्ट्वा विस्मिता नारदादयः । क्षेत्राणि तीर्थमुख्यानि विस्मितानि सरिद्वराः । प्रणेमुर्युगपत्सर्वे सर्वाः सर्वाणि सर्वशः

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | brahmādīnāgatāndṛṣṭvā vismitā nāradādayaḥ | kṣetrāṇi tīrthamukhyāni vismitāni saridvarāḥ | praṇemuryugapatsarve sarvāḥ sarvāṇi sarvaśaḥ

Translation

پرہلاد نے کہا: برہما وغیرہ کو آتے دیکھ کر نارَد اور دوسرے سب حیران رہ گئے۔ برتر کشتروں اور ممتاز تیرتھوں نے، اور بہترین ندیاں بھی، تعجب سے بھر گئیں؛ سب نے ایک ساتھ—ہر ایک نے سب کو—ہر طرح سے پرنام کیا۔

Word by Word

• prahlādaḥ: Prahlāda
• prahlādaḥ: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahlāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• brahma-ādīn: Brahmā and others
• brahma-ādīn: Karma (Object of dṛṣṭvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहारार्थे (brahmā and others)

• āgatān: arrived
• āgatān: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam ‘to go’ with आ-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past active/PPP in sense ‘arrived’)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• vismitāḥ: astonished
• vismitāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √smi ‘to wonder’ with वि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• nārada-ādayaḥ: Nārada and others
• nārada-ādayaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (नारदः आदिः येषाम्)

• kṣetrāṇi: sacred places
• kṣetrāṇi: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tīrtha-mukhyāni: chief among tīrthas
• tīrtha-mukhyāni: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थेषु मुख्यानि)

• vismitāni: astonished
• vismitāni: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP)

• sarid-varāḥ: the best rivers
• sarid-varāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarid (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे (श्रेष्ठाः सरितः)

• praṇemuḥ: bowed down
• praṇemuḥ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; प्र-उपसर्ग

• yugapat: simultaneously
• yugapat: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yugapat (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: simultaneously)

• sarve: all (masc.)
• sarve: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of nāradādayaḥ etc.)

• sarvāḥ: all (fem.)
• sarvāḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of saridvarāḥ)

• sarvāṇi: all (neut.)
• sarvāṇi: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of kṣetrāṇi)

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in every way/entirely)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (as the focal point of tīrtha-sammelana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to a viprendra (best of Brahmins) within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand, otherworldly convergence: Brahmā and other devas arrive; Nārada and sages gaze in astonishment; personified rivers and tīrthas appear as radiant beings; all bow simultaneously in a universal gesture of reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Brahmā
• Nārada
• Kṣetras
• Tīrthas
• Rivers (Sarits)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a true tīrtha-field, reverence becomes universal—saints, gods, and even the sacred landscape are portrayed as mutually honoring dharma and divinity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā sacred region as a whole, where multiple kṣetras, tīrthas, and rivers are celebrated together.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Praṇāma (bowing/prostration) is highlighted as the spontaneous act of reverence, though no formal rite is prescribed.