Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैराद्यैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्वृतः । दक्षिणामददात्सोमस्त्रींल्लोकान्ब्रह्मणे पुरा

Transliteration

sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ | dakṣiṇāmadadātsomastrīṃllokānbrahmaṇe purā

Translation

সনৎকুমাৰ আদি প্ৰাচীন ব্ৰহ্মৰ্ষিসকলৰ বেষ্টনীত, সোমে এক সময়ত ব্ৰহ্মাক যজ্ঞ-দক্ষিণা ৰূপে ত্ৰিলোক দান কৰিছিল।

Word by Word

• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: with those headed by Sanatkumāra
• sanatkumārapramukhaiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanatkumāra (प्रातिपदिक) + pramukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘सनत्कुमारः प्रमुखः येषाम्’ इति बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थेऽपि प्रायः तत्पुरुष-रूपेण; सहार्थे तृतीया

• ādyaiḥ: primeval/ancient
• ādyaiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (brahmarṣibhiḥ)

• brahmarṣibhiḥ: by/with the Brahmarṣis
• brahmarṣibhiḥ: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ब्रह्मणः ऋषयः इति तत्पुरुष

• vṛtaḥ: surrounded/attended
• vṛtaḥ: Karta-anvaya (Predicate participle/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (वृ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे ‘surrounded/attended’

• dakṣiṇām: the sacrificial fee
• dakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• adadāt: gave
• adadāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• somaḥ: Soma
• somaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• trīn: three
• trīn: Karma-anvaya (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (lokān)

• lokān: worlds
• lokān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• brahmaṇe: to Brahmā
• brahmaṇe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (देवता-नाम), चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverb/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience seeking Prabhāsa’s greatness

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand yajña assembly: Soma (moon-deity) in radiant white, surrounded by ancient brahmarṣis led by Sanatkumāra; the act of giving ‘three worlds’ as dakṣiṇā is symbolized by offering a cosmic globe/three-tiered universe to Brahmā.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Moon)
• Brahmā
• Sanatkumāra
• Brahmarṣis
• Three worlds (triloka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas exalt generosity: dakṣiṇā offered with reverence can be so vast it symbolizes surrender of all possessions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, the narration magnifies Prabhāsa by linking it to exemplary acts of cosmic-scale charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dakṣiṇā as an essential completion of yajña—illustrated through Soma’s archetypal offering to Brahmā.