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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

दारुवंशावधि प्रोक्तं यत्किंचित्स्वं मदाज्ञया । अन्यद्यद्ब्राह्मणा ब्रूयुस्तत्सर्वं तत्र नीयताम्

Transliteration

dāruvaṃśāvadhi proktaṃ yatkiṃcitsvaṃ madājñayā | anyadyadbrāhmaṇā brūyustatsarvaṃ tatra nīyatām

Translation

Alles, was nach meinem Befehl als notwendig bestimmt wurde — bis hin zu Holz und Bambus — und alles andere, was die Brāhmaṇas erbitten: all das soll dorthin gebracht werden.

Word by Word
दारुवंशावधिup to the limit of the wood-lineage (i.e., up to dāruvaṃśa)
दारुवंशावधि:
Adhikarana (Location/Scope/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदारु (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अर्थे—“...पर्यन्तम्/यावत्” (up to, until)
प्रोक्तम्declared/said
प्रोक्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; passive participle “said/declared”
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun “which/that”
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formसर्वनाम-नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक “something/anything”
स्वम्one’s own (property)
स्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “own property/one’s own”
मदाज्ञयाby my order
मदाज्ञया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम आज्ञा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental “by my command”
अन्यत्anything else
अन्यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “other (thing)”
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “which/that”
ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins
ब्राह्मणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “Brahmins”
ब्रूयुःshould say
ब्रूयुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; “may say/should say”
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “that”
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण “all/entire”
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) “there/in that place”
नीयताम्let it be brought
नीयताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; “let it be taken/led”
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A directive scene: the patron issues orders to gather supplies—timber stacks, bamboo bundles, carts—while brāhmaṇas advise and scribes record requisitions for transport to the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa
Y
Yajña supplies

FAQs

Dharma is carried out through disciplined execution and deference to sacred authority—especially the guidance of brāhmaṇas in ritual matters.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the destination where all ritual requisites are to be assembled.

Transporting all materials required for yajña, including construction supplies, and fulfilling additional requests from brāhmaṇas.

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