Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ययातिरुवाच । महावैनायिकीं शांतिं वद मे मुनिसत्तम । के मंत्राः किं विधानं च परं कौतूहलं हि मे

Transliteration

yayātiruvāca | mahāvaināyikīṃ śāṃtiṃ vada me munisattama | ke maṃtrāḥ kiṃ vidhānaṃ ca paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

Translation

قال يَياطي: يا أفضلَ الحكماء، أخبرني عن شعيرة السَّكينة العظمى الخاصة بفينايكا—ما المانترا التي تُتلى، وما هي طريقتها؟ فإنني مملوءٌ بفضولٍ شديد.

Word by Word

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• ययातिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• महावैनायिकीम्: great (mahā) and pertaining to Vināyaka (vaināyikī)
• महावैनायिकीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावैनायिकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (शान्तिम्)

• शान्तिम्: pacificatory rite; appeasement
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वद: tell; speak
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• के: which? what? (plural)
• के: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• मन्त्राः: mantras
• मन्त्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• विधानम्: procedure; method
• विधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

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

• परम्: great; supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कौतूहलम्)

• कौतूहलम्: curiosity; eagerness
• कौतूहलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतूहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

• मे: my; of me
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Yayāti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāvināyakī-Śānti (requested)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Yayāti, crowned yet humble, sits before sage Pulastya in a forest āśrama; he asks about Mahāvināyakī-śānti, gesturing toward a small Gaṇeśa icon and ritual implements.

Characters & Entities

• Yayāti
• Vināyaka
• Mahāvināyakī-śānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right practice begins with right inquiry—seeking mantra and vidhi from a qualified sage is itself part of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The question occurs within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa’s Vināyaka context, preparing for a tīrtha-linked ritual instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An explicit request for the mantras and vidhāna of the Mahāvināyakī śānti (details begin in the following verses).