Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 112

Devanagari script

वृषाकपिं तथैन्द्रं च बह्वृचः पूर्वतोऽजपन् । रुद्रान्पुरुषसूक्तं च क्रोकाध्यायं च वैक्रियम्

Transliteration

vṛṣākapiṃ tathaindraṃ ca bahvṛcaḥ pūrvato'japan | rudrānpuruṣasūktaṃ ca krokādhyāyaṃ ca vaikriyam

Translation

পূৰ্ব দিশাত বহ্বৃচ (ঋগ্বেদীয়) পাঠকসকলে বৃষাকপি আৰু ঐন্দ্ৰ স্তোত্ৰ জপিলে। লগতে ৰুদ্ৰ স্তোত্ৰ, পুৰুষসূক্ত, আৰু ক্ৰোকাধ্যায় তথা বৈক্ৰিয় পাঠ কৰি দিশাসমূহক বৈদিক শক্তিৰে পূৰ্ণ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• वृषाकपिम्: Vṛṣākapi (hymn)
• वृषाकपिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषाकपि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (name of a hymn)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — manner adverb

• ऐन्द्रम्: Aindra (hymn)
• ऐन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (Aindra hymn)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• बह्वृचः: the Bahvṛcas (Ṛgvedic priests)
• बह्वृचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बह्वृच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural (Ṛgvedins)

• पूर्वतः: to the east/in front
• पूर्वतः: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय — directional adverb ‘to the east/in front’

• अजपन्: recited
• अजपन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd pl

• रुद्रान्: Rudra (hymns)
• रुद्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural (Rudra-hymns)

• पुरुष-सूक्तम्: Puruṣa-sūkta hymn
• पुरुष-सूक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः ‘पुरुषस्य सूक्तम्’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• क्रोक-अध्यायम्: Kroka chapter/recitation
• क्रोक-अध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुषः (नामसमास)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• वैक्रियम्: Vaikriya (recitation/section)
• वैक्रियम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैक्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (name of a text/section)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the eastern side of the fire-altar, Ṛg-vedic priests sit facing west toward the kuṇḍa, chanting with raised hands; the dawn-like light emphasizes the east; symbolic motifs of Indra (vajra), Rudra (trident/fiery aura), and the cosmic Puruṣa (vast, subtle form) appear as visionary overlays.

Characters & Entities

• Bahvṛcas (Ṛgvedins)
• Indra (Aindra)
• Rudra
• Puruṣa-sūkta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vedic sound (mantra) is treated as a living force that sanctifies space when properly deployed in ritual directions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Vedic hymns are portrayed as especially efficacious for sanctification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Eastern placement of Ṛgvedic priests reciting specific hymns, including Rudra and Puruṣa-sūkta.