Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

आस्यतामासनमिदं भुज्यतां स्वेच्छया मुने । इत्युक्तोऽघोरमंत्रं स जपन्कल्पांतकारकम् । धुर्यासनमथासाद्य निषसाद महामुनिः

Transliteration

āsyatāmāsanamidaṃ bhujyatāṃ svecchayā mune | ityukto'ghoramaṃtraṃ sa japankalpāṃtakārakam | dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ

Translation

«اجلس على هذا المقعد، أيها المُنيّ؛ وكُلْ على هواك.» فلما خوطب بذلك، أخذ الناسك العظيم يهمس بمانترا «أغورا»—وهي قوة تُفني حتى عند نهاية الكَلْبَة—ثم دنا من المقعد الموقَّر وجلس.

Word by Word

• āsyatām: let (you two) sit
• āsyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थे—'let (you two) sit'

• āsanam: seat
• āsanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र 'idam āsanam' इति प्रथमा

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• bhujyatām: let (it) be eaten
• bhujyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive imperative) — 'let it be eaten'

• sva-icchayā: as you wish, by your own will
• sva-icchayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; 'by (your) own wish'—करण

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः

• uktaḥ: having been told
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; 'having been addressed/said to'

• aghora-mantram: the Aghora mantra
• aghora-mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aghora (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; कर्म (object of 'japan')

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• japan: chanting
• japan: Kriya (Participial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle/वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'chanting'

• kalpa-anta-kārakam: causing the end of the aeon
• kalpa-anta-kārakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (of mantra): 'bringing about the end of an aeon'

• dhurya-āsanam: the excellent/chief seat
• dhurya-āsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhurya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of 'āsādya')

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• āsādya: having approached
• āsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ +
• Form: ल्यप् (Absolutive/क्त्वान्त), 'having approached/reached'

• niṣasāda: sat down
• niṣasāda: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि +
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-muniḥ: the great sage
• mahā-muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Ilvala (inviting); Narrator (describing Agastya’s action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya-host gestures toward an ornate seat and lavish fare; the sage approaches calmly, silently repeating the Aghora-mantra, aura of Śiva’s fierce protection around him.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Aghora-mantra
• Ilvala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa and inner purity protect the practitioner; spiritual power is portrayed as superior to demonic schemes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where sacred power and dharma are shown to be operative and victorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the Aghora-mantra is explicitly mentioned (as a protective and potent spiritual act).