Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यान्येतानि ममास्थीनि यूयं तैस्तानि सर्वशः । निर्मापयध्वं शस्त्राणि तदाकाराणि सर्वशः

Transliteration

yānyetāni mamāsthīni yūyaṃ taistāni sarvaśaḥ | nirmāpayadhvaṃ śastrāṇi tadākārāṇi sarvaśaḥ

Translation

আমার এই অস্থিগুলি ব্যবহার করে তোমরা সেই অস্ত্রগুলি সম্পূর্ণরূপে নির্মাণ করো—তাদের সেই একই আকার-রূপ বজায় রেখে সর্বতোভাবে তেমনই গড়ে তোলো।

Word by Word

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karman (Object—correlative with ‘tāni’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• etāni: these
• etāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेष्य-सूचक

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• yūyam: you (all)
• yūyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• taiḥ: with those
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tāni: them
• tāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• sarvaśaḥ: completely
• sarvaśaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘entirely/in every way’)

• nirmāpayadhvam: construct, have made
• nirmāpayadhvam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु: मा ‘to measure/build’) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• śastrāṇi: weapons
• śastrāṇi: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• tad: of that
• tad: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• ākārāṇi: having the form
• ākārāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासान्तपद; विशेषणार्थे (qualifying ‘śastrāṇi’)

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Muni (Dadhīci, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage (Dadhīci-type figure) offering his bones for forging divine weapons; devas receive the instruction with reverence; a poignant, luminous sacrifice scene.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (Dadhīci, implied)
• Śakra (Indra, implied)
• Divine weapons (śastrāṇi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest generosity is self-offering for loka-rakṣā (protection of the world), transforming sacrifice into strength for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account is transmitted within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing Prabhāsa as a locus for dharma narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it describes the making (nirmāṇa) of weapons from bones as a mythic act of sacrificial giving.