Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
Devanagari script
वादिनां च सहस्राणि भनक्त्येवं निरीक्षणात्
Transliteration
vādināṃ ca sahasrāṇi bhanaktyevaṃ nirīkṣaṇāt
Translation
محض دیدار ہی سے وہ اسی طرح ہزاروں مناظروں کو پاش پاش کر دیتا ہے۔
Word by Word
vādināmof debaters
vādinām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvādin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
sahasrāṇithousands
sahasrāṇi:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
bhanaktibreaks/defeats
bhanakti:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhaj (भज्) (धातु)
Formलट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (text-form: bhanakti = bhaṅkti/bhajati-variant)
evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: thus)
nirīkṣaṇātfrom/through (mere) looking; by observation
nirīkṣaṇāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootnir-īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from immediate context of the māhātmya narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wave-like force of radiance emanates from the sacred presence; rows of disputants with debate-staffs and manuscripts collapse into silence, their arguments visually ‘shattered’ like broken reeds.
Characters & Entities
V
VādinV
VādaP
PrabhāsakṣetraFAQs
Tīrtha-born spiritual authority can silence contention; divine grace outweighs mere argumentative skill.
Prabhāsakṣetra’s tīrtha-prabhāva, as described in the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed in this line; it summarizes the effect (phala) of the preceding practices.