Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तानि सर्वाणि चागत्य साहाय्यं ते वरानने । करिष्यंति त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यो वै मम शासनात्

Transliteration

tāni sarvāṇi cāgatya sāhāyyaṃ te varānane | kariṣyaṃti trayastriṃśatkoṭyo vai mama śāsanāt

Translation

Tất cả các tīrtha ấy sẽ đến và trợ giúp con, hỡi người dung nhan đoan chính—quả thật đủ ba mươi ba ức, theo lệnh của ta.

Word by Word

• तानि: those (things/beings)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having come’

• साहाय्यम्: help, assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhāyya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘beautiful-faced’)

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यः: thirty-three crores (of them)
• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्कोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trayastriṃśat + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी/विशेषण-तत्पुरुष (‘of thirty-three’ + ‘crores’)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शासनात्: from (my) command; by (my) order
• शासनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from immediate context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (All-tīrtha-sannipāta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed ‘daughter’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast celestial procession of tīrtha-deities arrives—countless figures with water pots, lotuses, river emblems, and radiant halos—surrounding the fair-faced maiden to offer assistance under Brahmā’s unseen command.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sarasvatī
• Tīrthas
• Trayastrinśat-koṭi (33 crores)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not merely geography in the Purāṇas; they are living powers that respond to divine ordinance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, envisioned as a supreme field where innumerable tīrthas assemble.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse magnifies tīrtha-power and divine sanction rather than prescribing a vow.