Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

भविष्यति न संदेहो मत्समायुश्च बालकः । ततस्तैः पुनरानीतो मुक्तश्चैवाश्रमं प्रति

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho matsamāyuśca bālakaḥ | tatastaiḥ punarānīto muktaścaivāśramaṃ prati

Translation

“Ắt sẽ như vậy, không còn nghi ngờ: đứa trẻ này sẽ có thọ mạng ngang bằng với ta.” Rồi sau đó, các ngài lại đưa ông trở về và để ông quay về am thất (āśrama).

Word by Word

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

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• saṃdehaḥ: doubt
• saṃdehaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• mat: my
• mat: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन-समासपूर्वपद (my)

• samāyuḥ: having equal lifespan (to me)
• samāyuḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Qualifier of bālakaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāyus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (equal lifespan)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• bālakaḥ: the boy
• bālakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमबोधक (then)

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (again)

• ānītaḥ: was brought back
• ānītaḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ānīta (कृदन्त; ā-√nī)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• muktaḥ: was released
• muktaḥ: Karta-visheshaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (कृदन्त; √muc)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prati: towards
• prati: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-प्रयोगे गत्यर्थ (towards)

Speaker

Narrator (quoting Brahmā’s assurance, then narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mṛkaṇḍu

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā’s assurance of equal lifespan is echoed as the seven sages gently lead Mārkaṇḍeya back down from the radiant realm toward the quiet forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Sages (Munis)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certainty in divine assurance removes doubt; dharmic life proceeds with steadiness after receiving grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The overarching glorification is of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within which this sage-episode is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it reiterates the boon and narrates the return to the āśrama.