Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

मौनेन नियमेनैव महामंत्रजपान्वितः । पूजयेच्च हिरण्येशं क्षेत्रपालं प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

maunena niyamenaiva mahāmaṃtrajapānvitaḥ | pūjayecca hiraṇyeśaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ prayatnataḥ

Translation

Ausgestattet mit mauna (heiligem Schweigen) und niyama (strenger Disziplin) und verbunden mit dem Japa des großen Mantras, soll er Hiraṇyeśa, den Hüter des heiligen Feldes, mit Eifer verehren.

Word by Word

• मौनेन: by silence
• मौनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; करणत्वे

• नियमेन: by observance/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• महामन्त्रजपान्वितः: endowed with the japa of the great mantra
• महामन्त्रजपान्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामन्त्र + जप + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying the doer)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘should worship’

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

• हिरण्येशम्: Hiraṇyeśa (Lord Hiraṇya)
• हिरण्येशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्येश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• क्षेत्रपालम्: the guardian of the sacred field
• क्षेत्रपालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म; हिरण्येशस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort/diligently
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्नतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb) — manner

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśa (kṣetrapāla) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka in mauna stands before Hiraṇyeśa, the kṣetrapāla, offering worship with intense focus; the guardian is depicted as a Śaiva protective form with golden (‘hiraṇya’) radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyeśa
• Kṣetrapāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner restraint (mauna), disciplined living (niyama), and mantra devotion make worship effective, especially in a consecrated kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the mention of a kṣetrapāla underscores the sanctity and protected nature of the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain silence and observances, perform great-mantra japa, and worship Hiraṇyeśa as the kṣetrapāla with earnest effort.