Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ऋषयो ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे कथं व्यर्थो भविष्यति । अपरं शृणु मे वाक्यं ब्रह्मर्षे ब्रह्मणस्पते

Transliteration

ṛṣayo brāhmaṇāḥ sarve kathaṃ vyartho bhaviṣyati | aparaṃ śṛṇu me vākyaṃ brahmarṣe brahmaṇaspate

Translation

تمام رِشی اور برہمن حاضر ہیں—پھر یَجْن کیسے بے ثمر ہو سکتا ہے؟ اب میری ایک اور بات بھی سنو، اے برہمرشی، اے برہمنسپتی۔

Word by Word

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• brāhmaṇāḥ: brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• vyarthaḥ: fruitless
• vyarthaḥ: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धा॒तु; भवति)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aparam: another (statement/thing)
• aparam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; “another (thing)”

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धा॒तु; श्रवणे)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākyam: words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• brahmarṣe: O brahmarṣi
• brahmarṣe: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmarṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन

• brahmaṇaspate: O lord of Brahman (Bṛhaspati)
• brahmaṇaspate: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmaṇas-pati (प्रातिपदिक: brahman + pati)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/संबोधन), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः पतिः)

Speaker

Vāmana (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmarṣi addressed; also implicitly the assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ring of sages and brāhmaṇas around the fire; the speaker gestures toward them, asserting the yajña cannot be fruitless; invocation-like address to Brahmaṇaspati.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Ṛṣi
• Brāhmaṇa
• Brahmaṇaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The presence of realized sages and dharmic officiants safeguards ritual fruit; sacred community sustains sacred action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, portrayed as a locus where ṛṣis and brāhmaṇas gather, amplifying yajña’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly affirms the necessity of ṛṣis/brāhmaṇas for yajña validity; no specific dāna or vrata is stated here.