Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

यज्ञेन पर्वतसुते हिमवन्ते महागिरौ । यज्ञवाटो ह्यभूत्तस्य सर्वकामसमृद्धिमान्

Transliteration

yajñena parvatasute himavante mahāgirau | yajñavāṭo hyabhūttasya sarvakāmasamṛddhimān

Translation

Durch jenes Opfer, o Tochter des Berges, auf dem großen Gipfel des Himavat, wurde sein Opferbezirk (yajñavāṭa) überreich, erfüllt von allem wünschenswerten Gedeihen.

Word by Word

• यज्ञेन: by/with the sacrifice
• यज्ञेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण) विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• पर्वतसुते: O daughter of the mountain
• पर्वतसुते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतस्य सुता)

• हिमवन्ते: on/in Himavat
• हिमवन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• महागिरौ: on the great mountain
• महागिरौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); कर्मधारयः (महान् गिरिः)

• यज्ञवाटः: the sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + वाट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य वाटः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अर्थे—खलु/नूनम् (indeed)

• अभूत्: became/was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अङ्गभूत-भूतकाल/अोरिस्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd sg aorist)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• सर्वकामसमृद्धिमान्: possessing prosperity of all desires
• सर्वकामसमृद्धिमान्: Karta-pradhana Visheshana (Subject-qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वकामानां समृद्धिः) + मतुप् (possessive)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Pārvatī/Parvatasutā within the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himavat (as sacred setting of yajña)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (explicitly addressed as parvata-sutā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a lofty Himalayan peak, a vast yajñavāṭa is laid out with altars, banners, and orderly priestly stations; abundance manifests—cows, grains, flowers—while Pārvatī is addressed as witness.

Characters & Entities

• Himavat
• Pārvatī (Parvatasutā)
• Yajña
• Yajñavāṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous sacrifice, performed in purity, is portrayed as generating both worldly abundance and sacred merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While the larger work glorifies Prabhāsa, this verse momentarily situates an episode on Himavat, linking sacred geography across Purāṇic space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights yajña and the sanctified yajñavāṭa, implying proper establishment of a sacrificial arena.