Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

मन्त्रन्यासे कृते तत्र ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तॄणा । तत्र विप्रगणो हृष्टो जयशब्दादिमंगलैः । निर्धूमश्चाभवद्वह्निः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः

Transliteration

mantranyāse kṛte tatra brahmaṇā lokakartṝṇā | tatra vipragaṇo hṛṣṭo jayaśabdādimaṃgalaiḥ | nirdhūmaścābhavadvahniḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ

Translation

فلما أتمَّ براهما—خالقَ العوالم—طقسَ «مانترا-نياسا» هناك، فرح جمعُ البراهمة بهتافاتٍ مباركة تبدأ بـ«النصر!». واشتعلت نارُ القربان بلا دخان، متلألئةً كعشرةِ ملايينَ شمس.

Word by Word

• mantranyāse: in the placing/installation of mantras
• mantranyāse: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + nyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; मन्त्रस्य न्यासः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• kṛte: when (it was) done
• kṛte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• lokakartṝṇā: by the creator of the worlds
• lokakartṝṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; लोकानां कर्ता इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• vipragaṇaḥ: the group of Brahmins
• vipragaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विप्राणां गणः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• hṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• hṛṣṭaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: हृष् (हृष् धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (vipragaṇaḥ)

• jayaśabdādi-maṃgalaiḥ: with auspicious cries beginning with ‘jaya’
• jayaśabdādi-maṃgalaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक) + śabda (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘जय-शब्द-आदि’ इति समाहार/तत्पुरुष-समासः, तैः मङ्गलैः

• nirdhūmaḥ: smokeless
• nirdhūmaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (vahniḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vahniḥ: the fire
• vahniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ: having brilliance equal to ten million suns
• sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘सूर्य-कोटि-सम’ इति तत्पुरुष + ‘प्रभ’ (प्रभा-सम्बन्धी) बहुधा कर्मधारय-भावः; विशेषण (vahniḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra yajña-sthala (Sparśa-liṅga consecration)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā completes nyāsa; brāhmaṇas raise ‘Jaya!’ cries; the altar fire surges upward, smokeless and dazzling like countless suns, illuminating faces and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brāhmaṇas (vipra-gaṇa)
• Vahni (sacrificial fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly performed mantra and yajña manifest as purity and auspicious signs, reflecting divine approval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a place where ritual acts display extraordinary auspiciousness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of mantra-nyāsa and the proper conduct of yajña indicated by the smokeless, brilliantly shining fire.