Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

विज्ञाय शुद्धमेनं तु राजा धर्मसुतो द्रुतम् । भ्रातृभिः सहितः प्राप्तस्तं द्रष्टुं नरपुंगवम्

Transliteration

vijñāya śuddhamenaṃ tu rājā dharmasuto drutam | bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ prāptastaṃ draṣṭuṃ narapuṃgavam

Translation

Biết ông đã được thanh tịnh, vua Dharmasuta liền mau chóng đến—cùng các em trai—để yết kiến bậc trượng phu ấy, ‘con bò mộng giữa loài người’.

Word by Word

• vijñāya: having understood/knowing
• vijñāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावेन प्रयोगः; धातुः √jñā, उपसर्गः vi-; अर्थः ‘ज्ञात्वा’

• śuddham: pure/cleansed
• śuddham: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (enam इत्यस्य)

• enam: him
• enam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• dharmasutaḥ: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharmasutaḥ: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dharma-suta = धर्मस्य सुतः); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; rājā इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) रूपेण; अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः

• bhrātṛbhiḥ: with (his) brothers
• bhrātṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/ सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (rājā)

• prāptaḥ: arrived
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Predicate participle of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (arrived)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• draṣṭum: to see
• draṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), अव्यय; प्रयोजनार्थक

• narapuṃgavam: the foremost of men
• narapuṃgavam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपमानार्थः (narāṇāṃ puṃgavaḥ = among men, a bull/foremost); पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (third-person)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal party approaches a newly purified man near the tīrtha: the king (Dharmasuta) at the front with his brothers, attendants holding standards; the purified man stands calm, radiant, and modest, indicating inner transformation.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmasuta
• Brothers (Pāṇḍavas, implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification becomes evident and is honored by the righteous; dharma recognizes dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The purification referenced is the result of observances at Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; it narrates the social and dhārmic acknowledgment of the tīrtha’s effect.