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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

ततस्ते वि विधैः स्तोत्रैः स्तुवंतो वृषभध्वजम् । होमं चक्रुर्मुहुर्वह्नौ मंत्रैस्तैः शतरुद्रियैः

tataste vi vidhaiḥ stotraiḥ stuvaṃto vṛṣabhadhvajam | homaṃ cakrurmuhurvahnau maṃtraistaiḥ śatarudriyaiḥ

Dann priesen sie den Herrn mit dem Stierbanner mit vielerlei Hymnen und vollzogen immer wieder Opfergaben ins Feuer mit jenen Śatarudrīya-Mantras.

ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरबोधक — indeclinable ‘then’
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural
विविधैःwith various
विविधैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvividha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; agrees with ‘स्तोत्रैः’
स्तोत्रैःwith hymns
स्तोत्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootstotra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — neuter instrumental plural
स्तुवन्तःpraising
स्तुवन्तः:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootstuvat (कृदन्त; √stu स्तु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमान कृदन्त — masculine nominative plural present participle ‘praising’
वृषभध्वजम्the bull-bannered one (Śiva)
वृषभध्वजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛṣabha-dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक; वृषभ + ध्वज)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular; तत्पुरुष ‘bull-bannered (Śiva)’
होमम्oblation, fire-offering
होमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roothoma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — masculine accusative singular
चक्रुःperformed
चक्रुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (कृ)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद — perfect, 3rd person plural, active
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhus (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक — indeclinable adverb ‘repeatedly’
वह्नौin the fire
वह्नौ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootvahni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — masculine locative singular
मन्त्रैःwith mantras
मन्त्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootmantra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural
तैःwith those
तैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — masculine instrumental plural; demonstrative ‘those’ (qualifying mantras)
शतरुद्रियैःwith the Śatarudriya (hymns/mantras)
शतरुद्रियैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśata-rudriya (प्रातिपदिक; शत + रुद्रिय)
Formनपुंसक/पुं, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन — instrumental plural; तत्पुरुष ‘(mantras) of Śatarudriya’

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: Sages and devas circle a blazing fire altar, offering ghee with ladles; their mouths chant Śatarudrīya while hands are folded in reverence toward Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva with bull emblem).

V
Vṛṣabhadhvaja (Śiva)
A
Agni (sacrificial fire)
Ś
Śatarudrīya

FAQs

When confronted with divine mystery, the tradition turns to stotra and Vedic mantra as a path to divine presence.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Vedic worship (Śatarudrīya) is shown as efficacious and sanctifying.

Homa into the sacred fire accompanied by Śatarudrīya mantras and hymnic praise of Śiva.