Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततोऽश्वैर्जवनैयुर्क्तं रथं हेमविभूषितम् । आस्थाय सह पत्न्या च प्रभासं क्षेत्रमेयिवान्

Transliteration

tato'śvairjavanaiyurktaṃ rathaṃ hemavibhūṣitam | āsthāya saha patnyā ca prabhāsaṃ kṣetrameyivān

Translation

Dann bestieg er einen mit Gold geschmückten Wagen, an schnelle Rosse gespannt, und brach—zusammen mit seiner Gemahlin—zur heiligen Stätte Prabhāsa auf.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जवनैः: swift
• जवनैः: Visheshana (Qualifier of अश्वैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• युक्तम्: yoked, harnessed
• युक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of रथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma (Object of आस्थाय/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हेमविभूषितम्: adorned with gold
• हेमविभूषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of रथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (वि+भूष् धातु → कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gold-adorned), कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आस्थाय: having mounted
• आस्थाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आस् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having mounted/ascended’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Preposition-like), सहार्थक (with)

• पत्न्या: with (his) wife
• पत्न्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal as object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field, holy place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Apposition to प्रभासम्/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एयिवान्: went, arrived
• एयिवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) → एयिवस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिपूर्ण-भूतार्थक कृदन्त (Perfect participle/लिट्-सम्बद्ध), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king mounts a gold-adorned chariot yoked with swift horses and departs with his wife toward Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly power is best directed toward dharma—using resources to reach a tīrtha and seek sacred confirmation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the destination of the yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse narrates the commencement of pilgrimage travel.