Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अथासौ विस्मयाविष्टस्तानि चादाय सत्वरः । राज्ञे निवेदयामास वृत्तांतं च तदुद्भवम्

Transliteration

athāsau vismayāviṣṭastāni cādāya satvaraḥ | rājñe nivedayāmāsa vṛttāṃtaṃ ca tadudbhavam

Translation

Bấy giờ, bị nỗi kinh ngạc bao trùm, ông vội nhặt lấy những y phục ấy và tâu lên nhà vua trọn vẹn sự việc cùng nguyên do phát sinh.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• asau: he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vismaya-āviṣṭaḥ: astonished
• vismaya-āviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त; ā + √viś (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'entered by astonishment' = astonished), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• tāni: those (things/garments)
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदik)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + √dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• satvaraḥ: in haste
• satvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण (hasty)

• rājñe: to the king
• rājñe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nivedayāmāsa: reported / informed
• nivedayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √vid (धातु), णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'caused to know' = reported)

• vṛttāntam: account / event
• vṛttāntam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛttānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tad-udbhavam: its origin / arising thereof
• tad-udbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'its origin'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (वृत्तान्तम्) विशेषण

Speaker

Pulastya (deduced from immediate section context; Adhyāya 24 explicitly begins with Pulastya speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed nirjhara-tīrtha of Arbuda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (kingly addressee) within the telling; broader frame of listeners implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The attendant, still astonished, carries the now-white radiant garments and narrates the event before the king seated in a simple camp/royal pavilion near the hills.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Śuklatīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power is recognized through lived experience and then responsibly conveyed, strengthening communal faith in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śuklatīrtha, whose effect is confirmed by the transformation of the garments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction here; it sets up the king’s subsequent testing and bathing at the tīrtha.