Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
सौत्येऽहन्यतिरात्रस्य कश्यपस्याश्वमेधिके
Transliteration
sautye'hanyatirātrasya kaśyapasyāśvamedhike
Translation
في يوم ساوتْيَة، أثناء شعيرة أَتيرَاتْرَة، في ذبيحة الأَشْوَمِيدْهَة التي أقامها كَشْيَپَة—
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सौत्येat the Sautya (rite/time)
सौत्ये:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसौत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular (सौत्य-नामककर्मणि/काले)
अहनिon the day
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular
अतिरात्रस्यof the Atirātra (soma-rite)
अतिरात्रस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअतिरात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
कश्यपस्यof Kaśyapa
कश्यपस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
अश्वमेधिकेin/at the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
अश्वमेधिके:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअश्वमेधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; समासः: अश्वमेधस्य (सम्बन्धि) (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A grand śrauta yajña: fire altars, priests chanting, the Atirātra night-sacrifice atmosphere, with Kaśyapa presiding; a sense of impending intrusion by the daitya narrative.
Characters & Entities
K
KaśyapaA
AtirātraA
AśvamedhaS
Sautya (ritual day)FAQs
Purāṇas often anchor cosmic events in the sanctity of Vedic yajña, showing ritual order as a stage where destiny unfolds.
Not explicit in this verse; it is part of the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative frame.
It references the Atirātra rite within an Aśvamedha, but gives no direct instruction—only context.