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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

उपहूतोपहूतेन आगतेषु द्विजन्मसु । क्रियमाणे तथा भक्ष्ये दृष्ट्वा देवी क्रुधान्विता । उवाच देवी ब्रह्माणं सदोमध्ये तु मौनिनम्

Transliteration

upahūtopahūtena āgateṣu dvijanmasu | kriyamāṇe tathā bhakṣye dṛṣṭvā devī krudhānvitā | uvāca devī brahmāṇaṃ sadomadhye tu mauninam

Translation

Als die Zweimalgeborenen auf Einladungen und Gegeneinladungen hin eingetroffen waren und als die Speise zubereitet wurde, geriet die Göttin beim Anblick dessen in Zorn. Inmitten der Versammlungshalle sprach sie zur schweigend dasitzenden Brahmā.

Word by Word
उपहूतinvited
उपहूत:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-हू (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle; ‘invited/called’
उपहूतेनby the invited one
उपहूतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउप-हू (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental; ‘by the invited one’
आगतेषुwhen (they) had arrived
आगतेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative absolute with ‘dvijanmasu’; ‘when (they) had come’
द्विजन्मसुamong the twice-born
द्विजन्मसु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative; ‘among the twice-born (brahmins)’
क्रियमाणेwhile being prepared
क्रियमाणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) (कृदन्त-शानच्)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute with ‘bhakṣye’; ‘while being prepared’
तथाthus/also
तथा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
भक्ष्येin the food
भक्ष्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative; ‘in/with the food (to be eaten)’
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया) (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having seen’
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन
क्रुधा-अन्विताfilled with anger
क्रुधा-अन्विता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/सह-भाव): ‘क्रुधया अन्विता’; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying ‘devī’
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पुनरुक्त-कर्ता)
ब्रह्माणम्to Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सदोमध्येin the middle of the assembly
सदोमध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसदस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘सदसः मध्ये’; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
मौनिनम्the silent sage
मौनिनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म) (विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to ‘brahmāṇam’
Speaker

Narrator (contextual); the next speaker introduced is Devī addressing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a grand sabhā: invited brāhmaṇas arrive in waves; food preparations underway; the Devī’s face hardens with righteous anger as she addresses silent Brahmā at the center.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī
B
Brahmā
D
dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

Even in sacred settings, social and ritual actions are subject to dharmic scrutiny; misconduct provokes divine correction.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting, where ritual gatherings and their dharmic standards are highlighted.

A ritual assembly and meal (bhakṣya) connected with invited dvijas; the verse sets the scene rather than issuing a direct injunction.

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