Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

यजुर्वेदे प्रविख्यातं यद्देवति ऋचां त्रयम् । तेन भागः प्रदातव्य एतेषां भक्तिहोमतः

Transliteration

yajurvede pravikhyātaṃ yaddevati ṛcāṃ trayam | tena bhāgaḥ pradātavya eteṣāṃ bhaktihomataḥ

Translation

Jene Dreiergruppe von ṛk‑Versen, die im Yajurveda weithin bekannt und an die Gottheiten gerichtet ist—durch dieses Ritual soll ihnen ihr Anteil dargebracht werden, mittels hingebungsvoll vollzogener Homa‑Opfergaben.

Word by Word

• यजुर्वेदे: in the Yajurveda
• यजुर्वेदे: Adhikarana (Location/Scope)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—यजुषां वेदः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• प्रविख्यातम्: well-known
• प्रविख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; ख्या धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय—‘well-known’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• देवति: pertaining to the deity (devatā-wise)
• देवति: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देवति (अव्यय/पद)
• Form: अव्यय; वैदिक-प्रयोगे ‘देवता-सम्बन्धि/देवताविषयक’ इत्यर्थक (Vedic particle/descriptor)

• ऋचाम्: of the ṛks (verses)
• ऋचाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋचा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्रयम्: three (in number)
• त्रयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भागः: a share/portion
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रदातव्यः: must be given
• प्रदातव्यः: Pratijna/Predicate (obligation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्रदातव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive)—‘to be given’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भक्तिहोमतः: because of devotion and oblation (homa)
• भक्तिहोमतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्तिहोम (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from/because of’; समासः—भक्त्या होमः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Brahmā’s instruction from prior verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A homa altar with Brahmā instructing that a specific triad of ṛks (from Yajurvedic usage) be recited; the priest offers āhutis with devotion as the fire rises steadily, indicating correct mantra-powered transmission of the beings’ share.

Characters & Entities

• Yajurveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined to Vedic order—bhakti expressed through mantra-guided homa—ensures rightful distribution and ritual efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it focuses on Vedic-ritual method within the māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use a Yajurvedic, deity-addressed triad of verses and perform bhakti-homa to grant the proper ‘bhāga’ (share).