Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तेजस्वी च यशस्वी च सर्वकल्याणभाजनम् । भवेदस्य प्रसादेन एवमाहुर्मनीषिणः

Transliteration

tejasvī ca yaśasvī ca sarvakalyāṇabhājanam | bhavedasya prasādena evamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

Translation

Nhờ ân huệ từ bi của Ngài, người ấy trở nên rạng ngời và lừng danh, là nơi chứa mọi điều cát tường—đó là lời các bậc hiền trí tuyên dạy.

Word by Word

• tejasvī: splendid, radiant
• tejasvī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• yaśasvī: famous, glorious
• yaśasvī: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhājanam: a receptacle of all auspiciousness
• sarva-kalyāṇa-bhājanam: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kalyāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — सर्वेषां कल्याणानां भाजनम् (receptacle of all auspiciousness)

• bhavet: would become/is said to become
• bhavet: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asya: of this/its
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prasādena: by (his/its) grace
• prasādena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• āhuḥ: they say
• āhuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• manīṣiṇaḥ: the sages, the wise
• manīṣiṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta continuing the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee receives Śiva’s prasāda: a radiant aura (tejas) surrounds him; sages (manīṣiṇaḥ) gesture in assent, indicating scriptural authority; the coastal shrine anchors the scene.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace (prasāda) obtained through sacred connection transforms a person—inner radiance and outer good fortune arise together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse itself emphasizes grace and results; the specific vrata/rite is implied by the chapter’s context rather than detailed here.