Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यज्ञैः संतर्पिता देवा वृष्टिं दास्यंति भूतले । ततश्चौषधयः सर्वा भविष्यंति धरातले

Transliteration

yajñaiḥ saṃtarpitā devā vṛṣṭiṃ dāsyaṃti bhūtale | tataścauṣadhayaḥ sarvā bhaviṣyaṃti dharātale

Translation

إذا ارتضت الآلهةُ بالقرابين، منحت المطرَ على وجه الأرض؛ ثم تنبت على التراب جميعُ الأعشاب الشافية والمحاصيل وتزدهر.

Word by Word

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• संतर्पिताः: satisfied, gratified
• संतर्पिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (देवाः)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• वृष्टिम्: rain
• वृष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दास्यन्ति: will give
• दास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ततः: then; from that
• ततः: Sambandha/Sequence (Relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'then/from that')

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• औषधयः: plants; herbs
• औषधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (औषधयः)

• भविष्यन्ति: will come to be; will grow
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• धरातले: on the earth's surface
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) narrating the dharmic logic of yajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic cycle: gods satisfied by offerings, clouds releasing rain, earth greening with herbs and crops; a cosmic agrarian panorama.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Yajña
• Rain (Vṛṣṭi)
• Oṣadhi (herbs/crops)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is ecological and communal: yajña sustains reciprocity between humans and devas, yielding rain and nourishment for all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in the verse; it functions as a dharma-teaching within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of yajñas (sacrifices) is recommended as the cause of rainfall and abundance.