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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते । आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः

agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate | ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ

القُربانُ الذي يُلقى في النار على الوجه الصحيح يبلغُ الشمس. ومن الشمس ينشأ المطر، ومن المطر ينشأ القوت، ومن ذلك القوت تزدهر الكائنات الحيّة.

अग्नौin fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
प्रास्ताoffered, cast (into)
प्रास्ता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + अस्/अस्? (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) from √अस्/अस्यते?; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) आहुतिः-शब्दस्य; अर्थतः 'प्रक्षिप्ता/प्रक्षिप्त' (offered/placed)
आहुतिःoblation
आहुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
आदित्यम्the Sun
आदित्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
उपतिष्ठतेapproaches, reaches, attends upon
उपतिष्ठते:
Kriya (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + स्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
आदित्याज्from the Sun
आदित्याज्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
जायतेis born, arises
जायते:
Kriya (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
वृष्टिःrain
वृष्टिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
वृष्टेःof rain; from rain
वृष्टेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
अन्नम्food, grain
अन्नम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
ततःtherefrom, then
ततः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
प्रजाःcreatures, people
प्रजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

Unspecified (Vedic-causal chain explaining yajña’s worldly welfare)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: A sacred fire-altar in Prabhāsa; priests offer āhuti as a golden solar disc above receives it; clouds gather, rain falls on fields; grain becomes food; people and animals flourish—shown as a single cyclical tableau.

A
Agni
Ā
Āditya (Sun)
V
Vṛṣṭi (rain)
A
Anna (food)
P
Prajāḥ

FAQs

Right ritual action (yajña) is linked to cosmic order and social welfare—rain, food, and flourishing life.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Vedic-Śaiva ritual is praised as sustaining the world.

Offer āhutis correctly into Agni (properly performed yajña).