Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

सदस्यस्तस्य भगवान्हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैराद्यैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिर्वृतः

Transliteration

sadasyastasya bhagavānharirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ | sanatkumārapramukhairādyairbrahmarṣibhirvṛtaḥ

Translation

Für jenes Ritual war der Herr Hari—Nārāyaṇa selbst, der Gebieter—als officiierendes Mitglied zugegen, umgeben von den uranfänglichen Brahmarṣis unter Führung Sanatkumāras.

Word by Word

• सदस्यः: a member (of the assembly/ritual)
• सदस्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of him/of that (sacrifice/king)
• तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• भगवान्: the Blessed/Lordly
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: नराणां अयनम्/आश्रयः इति नारायणः (name)

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैः: by/with those headed by Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारप्रमुखैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनत्कुमार + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: सनत्कुमारः प्रमुखः येषां ते (with Sanatkumāra as chief)

• आद्यैः: primeval/ancient
• आद्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• ब्रह्मर्षिभिः: by Brahmarṣis
• ब्रह्मर्षिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः: ब्रह्मणः ऋषयः (brahmarṣis)

• वृतः: surrounded/attended
• वृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्ययान्तः: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; धातुः: वृ (to cover/surround)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the sacrificial hall, Hari-Nārāyaṇa sits as an honored officiating member (sadasya), serene and radiant; around him stand Sanatkumāra and other primordial Brahmarṣis, forming a luminous circle of wisdom; the yajña fire glows at center, uniting all.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Nārāyaṇa
• Sanatkumāra
• Brahmarṣi
• Sadasya (ritual assembly)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacrifice is elevated by the presence of the highest divinity and realized sages, showing yajña as a meeting-point of cosmic and spiritual authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, magnified by associating its narrative with Nārāyaṇa and the ancient Brahmarṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation of a sadasya (sacrificial assembly member) is referenced, indicating the formal Vedic structure of the rite.