Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

प्रभासे तु विशेषेण जप्त्वा मां वेदमातरम् । प्रतिग्रहकृतान्दोषान्न प्राप्स्यध्वं द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

prabhāse tu viśeṣeṇa japtvā māṃ vedamātaram | pratigrahakṛtāndoṣānna prāpsyadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ

Translation

لیکن پربھاس میں خاص طور پر مجھے—وید ماتا—کا جپ کرنے سے، اے برتر دِوِجوں، عطایا قبول کرنے سے پیدا ہونے والے عیوب تم تک نہ پہنچیں گے۔

Word by Word

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (used adverbially)

• जप्त्वा: having recited
• जप्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• वेदमातरम्: the Mother of the Vedas
• वेदमातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'mother of the Vedas'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रतिग्रहकृतान्: caused by accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहकृतान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of दोषान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिग्रह + कृत (कृ धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'done by acceptance of gifts'); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दोषान्: faults, blemishes
• दोषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• प्राप्स्यध्वम्: you will obtain; you will incur
• प्राप्स्यध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (appositional: 'best (among) twice-born'); पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), संबोधनार्थे (used as address)

Speaker

Gāyatrī (Veda-mātā, personified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dwijottamas (excellent brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, brāhmaṇas chant Gāyatrī (Veda-mātā) with rosaries near the sacred shrine; a subtle aura shields them, symbolizing freedom from pratigraha-doṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Gāyatrī (Veda-mātā)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Pratigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right spiritual practice at a sacred place can neutralize subtle ethical taints, aligning livelihood and purity with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly singled out as ‘especially’ potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chanting Gāyatrī (Veda-mātā) at Prabhāsa as a remedy against pratigraha-related doṣas.