Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ऋषयो जज्ञिरे पूर्वं सूर्यबिंबसमप्रभाः । पितुस्तव समीपं ते वरणाय तव प्रिये । प्रस्थापिता मया पूर्वं तत्त्वं जानासि सुव्रते

Transliteration

ṛṣayo jajñire pūrvaṃ sūryabiṃbasamaprabhāḥ | pitustava samīpaṃ te varaṇāya tava priye | prasthāpitā mayā pūrvaṃ tattvaṃ jānāsi suvrate

Translation

往昔，诸仙诞生，光辉如日轮。爱者啊，我曾遣他们至你父前，为求娶你为妻。你深知此中真谛，噢持守殊胜誓愿者。

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जज्ञिरे: were born / came into being
• जज्ञिरे: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपद

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• सूर्यबिंबसमप्रभाः: having radiance equal to the sun’s orb
• सूर्यबिंबसमप्रभाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of ऋषयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बिंब (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-प्राय) + प्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—सूर्यबिंबस्य समा प्रभा यस्य ते (सूर्यबिंब-सम-प्रभ)

• पितुः: of (your) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• समीपम्: near, in the vicinity
• समीपम्: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘समीपम्’ = near (as adverbial accusative)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वरणाय: for choosing / for selection
• वरणाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Recipient-Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रस्थापिताः: were sent/commissioned
• प्रस्थापिताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थापित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मणि प्रयोगभावः—‘sent/commissioned’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण/Agent-instrument; doer in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वम्: earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• तत्त्वम्: the truth / the principle
• तत्त्वम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• जानासि: you know
• जानासि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice addressing Devī/Varānanā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Eight sun-bright sages, halos like solar discs, journey as emissaries; a gentle courtly scene where they approach a king (the father) with respectful gestures, while the addressed beloved (Devī) is shown in a separate vignette, serene and knowing.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Sūrya
• Devī (addressed as Priyā, Suvratā)
• Father of Devī (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through righteous alliances and truthful remembrance of sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya; this verse itself is genealogical, not a direct tīrtha-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative statement about sages and a marriage proposal.