Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

व्रतं कृत्वा प्रभासे तु यथोक्तं वरवर्णिनि । ब्रह्मतीर्थे समागत्य उद्धृत्य सकलं ततः

Transliteration

vrataṃ kṛtvā prabhāse tu yathoktaṃ varavarṇini | brahmatīrthe samāgatya uddhṛtya sakalaṃ tataḥ

Translation

اے خوش رنگ خاتون! پرَبھاس میں جیسا حکم تھا ویسا ورت ادا کرکے وہ برہمتیرتھ آئے، اور وہاں اس جگہ سے سب کچھ اٹھا لیا۔

Word by Word

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थ (but/indeed)

• यथोक्तम्: as stated, according to instruction
• यथोक्तम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + उक्त (वच् धातु → कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (as-said), क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन (adverbial)

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरः वर्णः यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मतीर्थे: at Brahma-tīrtha
• ब्रह्मतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Brahmā’s sacred ford), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• समागत्य: having arrived
• समागत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having come/arrived’

• उद्धृत्य: having taken out, having extracted
• उद्धृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having lifted/taken out’

• सकलम्: entire, whole
• सकलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), ‘thereupon/from there’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahma-tīrtha (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed as ‘O fair lady’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims who have completed a prescribed vow arrive at Brahma-tīrtha in Prabhāsa; they prepare to lift/extract something from the sacred spot, with attendants and onlookers gathered at the water’s edge.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Brahma-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-mahātmya is lived through prescribed practice—vows performed at the sacred site culminate in transformative encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahma-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a vrata at Prabhāsa “as instructed” (yathokta), followed by proceeding to Brahma-tīrtha.