Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा भगवान्ब्रह्मा वेदविद्यासमन्वितः । सर्वदेवमयो देवैः सहितस्तीर्थसंयुतः

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | ityuktvā bhagavānbrahmā vedavidyāsamanvitaḥ | sarvadevamayo devaiḥ sahitastīrthasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

Đức Íśvara phán: “Nói xong như vậy, đấng Brahmā cát tường—đầy đủ Veda và minh tri thánh, là hiện thân của mọi chư thiên—cùng các thần linh, gắn liền với các thánh địa tīrtha, liền khởi hành/hiện đến.”

Word by Word

• īśvaraḥ: Īśvara
• īśvaraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (perfect/परोक्षभूत), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (iti-nipāta)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kṛdanta (absolutive/क्त्वान्त), avyaya; pūrvakāla-kriyā

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• veda-vidyā-samanvitaḥ: endowed with Vedas and learning
• veda-vidyā-samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Samāsa: veda-vidyā (dvandva: ‘Vedas and sciences/knowledge’) + samanvitaḥ (‘endowed with’); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘brahmā’

• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: composed of all gods
• sarva-deva-mayaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: sarva-deva-mayaḥ = ‘consisting of all gods’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘brahmā’

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakāraka (accompaniment/instrumental associate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti (instrumental/3rd), Bahuvacana (plural)

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘brahmā’; ‘accompanied’

• tīrtha-saṃyutaḥ: associated with the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• tīrtha-saṃyutaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: tīrtha-saṃyutaḥ = ‘joined with/connected to a tīrtha’; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of ‘brahmā’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified in the excerpt (Purāṇic audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara narrates: after speaking, Bhagavān Brahmā—endowed with Vedic knowledge, embodying all gods—moves together with the deities, ‘joined with tīrthas.’ A grand procession or epiphany at Prabhāsa, with Brahmā at center and multiple devas surrounding, sacred waters symbolically accompanying them.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is portrayed as a cosmic meeting-ground where divine knowledge and divine presence converge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its tīrthas, as the narrative transitions to Brahmā’s arrival.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse sets the narrative scene of a divine gathering linked to tīrtha sanctity.