Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

एतद्धि सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टाः स्म द्विजोत्तम । भूयो ब्रूहि द्विजश्रेष्ठ यश्चास्ति तव संशयः

Transliteration

etaddhi sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭāḥ sma dvijottama | bhūyo brūhi dvijaśreṣṭha yaścāsti tava saṃśayaḥ

Translation

اے بہترین دِوِج! جو کچھ تم نے پوچھا تھا وہ سب بیان کر دیا گیا۔ اے برہمنِ برتر! اب بھی جو شک تمہارے دل میں باقی ہے، اسے پھر بیان کرو۔

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• ākhyātam: has been explained/told
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (आख्याता) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• yat: which/that (what)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• pṛṣṭāḥ: (we) were asked
• pṛṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prach (पृच्छ् धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘वयम्’ (understood) के साथ

• sma: (in the past)
• sma: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sma (अव्यय)
• Form: स्म-निपात (past-time marker/particle)

• dvijottama: O best of the twice-born
• dvijottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + uttama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठः द्विजः)

• bhūyaḥ: again/further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• brūhi: tell/speak
• brūhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dvijaśreṣṭha: O foremost among the twice-born
• dvijaśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्रेष्ठः द्विजः)

• yaḥ: which/that (who/what)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Preta(s) (addressing Gautama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dwijottama/Dvijaśreṣṭha (identified next as Gautama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm scholastic moment: the speaker reassures the brāhmaṇa interlocutor that the topic has been explained and invites further questions; palm-leaf manuscripts and a sacred grove/shoreline indicate the tīrtha-āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is dialogical: doubts are invited and clarified to ensure dharma is understood and practiced correctly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The exchange occurs in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a conversational transition inviting further inquiry.