Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तेजस्वी च यशस्वी च सर्वकल्याणभाजनम् । भवेदस्य प्रसादेन एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः

Transliteration

tejasvī ca yaśasvī ca sarvakalyāṇabhājanam | bhavedasya prasādena evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

Translation

اُس کے فضل و کرم سے انسان نورانی اور نامور ہو جاتا ہے، ہر بھلائی کا ظرف بن جاتا ہے—یوں دانا لوگ بیان کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• tejasvī: splendid, radiant
• tejasvī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• yaśasvī: famous, glorious
• yaśasvī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhājanam: a receptacle of all auspiciousness
• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhājanam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kalyāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — सर्वेषां कल्याणानां भाजनम् (receptacle of all auspiciousness)

• bhavet: would become/is said to become
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asya: of this/its
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prasādena: by (his/its) grace
• prasādena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• āhuḥ: they say
• āhuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• manīṣiṇaḥ: the sages, the wise
• manīṣiṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta continuing the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee receives Śiva’s prasāda: a radiant aura (tejas) surrounds him; sages (manīṣiṇaḥ) gesture in assent, indicating scriptural authority; the coastal shrine anchors the scene.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace (prasāda) obtained through sacred connection transforms a person—inner radiance and outer good fortune arise together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse itself emphasizes grace and results; the specific vrata/rite is implied by the chapter’s context rather than detailed here.