Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

भूतानां कर्मभिर्नित्यं त्रिविधैरभयप्रदाः । प्राणायामपरा नित्यं परध्यानपरायणाः

Transliteration

bhūtānāṃ karmabhirnityaṃ trividhairabhayapradāḥ | prāṇāyāmaparā nityaṃ paradhyānaparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

وہ تین طرح کے اعمال کے ذریعے ہمیشہ جانداروں کو بےخوفی عطا کرتے ہیں؛ نِت پرانایام میں مشغول رہتے ہیں اور پرم دیوتا کے دھیان میں سراپا منہمک ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• कर्मभिः: by actions
• कर्मभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• त्रिविधैः: threefold
• त्रिविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविध (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि+विध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (कर्मभिः इत्यस्य)

• अभयप्रदाः: granting fearlessness
• अभयप्रदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभय-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; अभय + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (अभयं प्रददाति इति)

• प्राणायामपराः: devoted to breath-control
• प्राणायामपराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राणायाम-पर (प्रातिपदिक; प्राण+आयाम + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• परध्यानपरायणाः: wholly intent on meditation on the Supreme
• परध्यानपरायणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर-ध्यान-परायण (प्रातिपदिक; पर + ध्यान + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from immediate context; instruction on kṣetra-vāsins)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṣetra-residents offering protection to creatures—feeding animals, calming frightened beings—then sitting for prāṇāyāma and meditation at dawn near the sea; breath shown as subtle waves of light.

Characters & Entities

• Prāṇāyāma
• Abhaya (fearlessness)
• Para-dhyāna (supreme meditation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual life is measured by compassion in action—making others safe—supported by yogic discipline and God-centered meditation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the ideal resident protects beings and remains absorbed in yogic practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice continual prāṇāyāma and para-dhyāna, and uphold ‘abhaya’ toward beings through consistent threefold beneficial conduct.