Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति तेस्त्विति चैवोक्तः पतन्निह दिवाकरः । ब्रह्मर्षेर्वचनात्तस्य न पपात यतः प्रभुः

Transliteration

svasti testviti caivoktaḥ patanniha divākaraḥ | brahmarṣervacanāttasya na papāta yataḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

Khi Mặt Trời đang rơi xuống đây, lời chúc “Nguyện an lành đến với ngươi!” đã được thốt lên. Nhờ lời của vị brahmarṣi ấy, Đấng Chúa Tể đã không rơi xuống.

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: hail, well-being
• स्वस्ति: Avyaya (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गलार्थक-अव्यय (benedictive particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया/चतुर्थी-रूपसम्भव; अत्र चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन—‘to you’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Avyaya (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अनुवादक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• उक्तः: was uttered
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was said/uttered’

• पतन्: falling
• पतन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘falling’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मर्षेः: of the Brahmarṣi
• ब्रह्मर्षेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—ब्रह्मन् + ऋषि (तत्पुरुष)

• वचनात्: because of the word/utterance
• वचनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (conjunction/adverb: because/for which reason)

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (continuing address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya is mid-fall; a brahmarṣi raises his hand in blessing and utters ‘svasti te’; the fall is arrested—Sūrya steadies, darkness begins to lift.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara (Sūrya)
• Brahmarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious speech and the truth-power of realized sages uphold cosmic stability, reflecting dharma’s protective force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in whose māhātmya this solar episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A benedictory utterance (“svasti te”) is highlighted, but no formal rite is prescribed in this verse.