Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

प्रोक्ता भवद्भि र्यज्ञेऽस्मिन्ननुगृह्योऽस्मि सर्वदा । पत्नी ममेयं गायत्री यज्ञेऽस्मिन्ननुगृह्यताम्

Transliteration

proktā bhavadbhi ryajñe'sminnanugṛhyo'smi sarvadā | patnī mameyaṃ gāyatrī yajñe'sminnanugṛhyatām

Translation

„In diesem Yajña habt ihr gesprochen und geleitet; durch euch bin ich stets begnadet. Dies ist meine Gemahlin Gāyatrī — möge auch sie in diesem Opfer gnädig angenommen werden.“

Word by Word

• प्रोक्ताः: (you) have been told/addressed
• प्रोक्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त) ‘प्रोक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘(you all) have been addressed/said’ → भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• भवद्भिः: by you (all)
• भवद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अनुगृह्यः: to be favored/blessed
• अनुगृह्यः: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु√ग्रह् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त/gerundive)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/यत्) ‘अनुगृह्य’ = ‘to be favored’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषणम् (अहम्)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually उत्तमपुरुष/1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• पत्नी: wife
• पत्नी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• इयम्: this (she)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गायत्री: Gāyatrī
• गायत्री: Samana-adhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पत्नी-सम्बन्धे नाम

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अनुगृह्यताम्: let (her) be blessed/favored
• अनुगृह्यताम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘let (her) be favored’

Speaker

Brahmā (most consistent with ‘my wife is Gāyatrī’ within the preceding consecration/marriage context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a consecrated yajña-maṇḍapa at Prabhāsa, Brahmā addresses the assembled ṛtviks, expressing gratitude and formally presenting his wife Gāyatrī for acceptance into the rite; fire-altar glows, ladles and kuśa arranged, priests attentive.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Gāyatrī
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A yajña becomes complete through śakti and sanctified partnership; grace (anugraha) is central to spiritual fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Gāyatrī’s acceptance in the yajña is narrated as a sacred, place-linked event.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The formal acceptance of the patnī (wife) into the yajña—patnī-saṃyoga as a condition of ritual completeness.