Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

महाहिवोमहायेति नानापुष्पकदंबकैः । त्रातारमिंद्रमंत्रेण पूर्वशृंगं सदार्चयेत्

Transliteration

mahāhivomahāyeti nānāpuṣpakadaṃbakaiḥ | trātāramiṃdramaṃtreṇa pūrvaśṛṃgaṃ sadārcayet

Translation

Mit Büscheln mannigfaltiger Blumen verehre man stets den östlichen Gipfel und rezitiere das Mantra «mahāhivo mahāyeti»; und mit dem Indra-Mantra «trātāram indram…» ehre man ihn als den schützenden Herrn.

Word by Word

• mahāhivaḥ: ‘mahāhivaḥ’ (mantra-word)
• mahāhivaḥ: Karta (Mantra-word as quoted)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-hiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: महा + हिव (कर्मधारय; मन्त्रपद). पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• mahāya: to the great (one)
• mahāya: Sampradāna (Recipient sense within mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (dative singular: ‘to the great’)

• iti: thus, ‘iti’
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इति-शब्दः (quotative particle)

• nānāpuṣpakadaṃbakaiḥ: with clusters of various flowers
• nānāpuṣpakadaṃbakaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nānā-puṣpa-kadaṃbaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: नाना + पुष्प + कदम्बक (तत्पुरुष; ‘clusters of various flowers’). पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• trātāram: the protector
• trātāram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• indra: of Indra
• indra: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (genitive singular) (in compound relation)

• maṃtreṇa: with the mantra
• maṃtreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• pūrvaśṛṃgam: the eastern peak
• pūrvaśṛṃgam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva-śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः: पूर्व + शृङ्ग (कर्मधारय; ‘eastern peak’). नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (adverb: always)

• arcayet: should worship
• arcayet: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pūrva-śṛṅga of Aṣṭaśṛṅga (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, the pilgrim faces east at the Pūrva-śṛṅga, offering clusters of mixed flowers while chanting a mantra; the peak is envisioned as a protective lord with Indra-mantra resonance.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Pūrva-śṛṅga (Eastern Peak)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is approached through disciplined mantra and offering—devotion is expressed by honoring each consecrated direction and summit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the Pūrvā-śṛṅga (Eastern sacred peak) within its ritual landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily worship (arcana) of the Eastern Peak using varied flower clusters and specific Vedic mantras, including an Indra-protective formula.