Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

प्रह्लाद उवाच । तदा सर्वमभूत्तत्र यद्यदाह च वै मुनिः । वाचि वीर्यं हि विप्राणां निर्मितं विष्णुना स्वयम्

Transliteration

prahlāda uvāca | tadā sarvamabhūttatra yadyadāha ca vai muniḥ | vāci vīryaṃ hi viprāṇāṃ nirmitaṃ viṣṇunā svayam

Translation

Prahlāda nói: Bấy giờ, tại nơi ấy, mọi sự đều xảy ra đúng như lời vị hiền thánh đã nói. Vì uy lực trú trong lời nói của các Bà-la-môn chính là do Viṣṇu tự thân tạo lập và nâng giữ.

Word by Word

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अभूत्: became / happened
• अभूत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Relative object of āha/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• यत्: whatever (indeed)
• यत्: Karma (Correlative with previous/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular), पुनरुक्ति (correlative emphasis)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/ब्रू (धातु; आह as perfect/past of √अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject of āha/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular)

• वाचि: in speech / in words
• वाचि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• वीर्यम्: power / potency
• वीर्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: for / indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• विप्राणाम्: of the brāhmaṇas
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Of the brāhmaṇas/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निर्मितम्: created / fashioned
• निर्मितम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective of vīryam/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-मा (धातु) / निर्मा (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय; निर्मित
• Form: कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Emphasis on agent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः अव्यय (indeclinable), आत्मकर्तृवाचक (by oneself)

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: sages/assembly in the māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prahlāda narrates with composed devotion; behind him, the locale shows the curse’s fulfillment—river altered, people witnessing; a subtle Viṣṇu presence symbolizes the divine ground of vāk-śakti.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Viṣṇu
• muni (sage)
• vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It affirms vāk-śakti: truthful, dharmic speech—especially of realized sages and Brāhmaṇas—carries divine potency sustained by Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Dvārakā-māhātmya (glorification of Dvārakā) in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, though this particular line emphasizes sacred speech rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the focus is on faith in the dharmic utterances of sages/Brāhmaṇas.