Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तत्र योजनपर्यंतं देवानां यजनं शुभम् । तद्देवयजनं कृत्वा पत्नीशालां च चक्रिरे

Transliteration

tatra yojanaparyaṃtaṃ devānāṃ yajanaṃ śubham | taddevayajanaṃ kṛtvā patnīśālāṃ ca cakrire

Translation

Dort, über die ganze Ausdehnung einer Yojana, vollzogen sie die glückverheißende Verehrung der Götter; und nachdem sie diese göttliche Opferverehrung vollendet hatten, errichteten sie auch die Patnīśālā, den Pavillon für die Ehefrauen im Yajña-Ritus.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• योजनपर्यन्तम्: up to a yojana (in extent)
• योजनपर्यन्तम्: Adhikarana (Extent/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः, परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक (up to the extent of a yojana)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• यजनम्: worship/sacrifice
• यजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘यजनम्’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (तद्देवयजनम्)

• देवयजनम्: worship of the gods
• देवयजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां यजनम्)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पत्नीशालाम्: the wives’ hall (patnīśālā)
• पत्नीशालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक) + शाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पत्न्याः शाला)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चक्रिरे: they made/constructed
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator voice within the chapter context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast consecrated field spanning a yojana, with devas being worshipped in an orderly sacrificial ground; artisans and priests prepare a dedicated patnīśālā pavilion as part of the rite’s architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Patnīśālā
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through complete, properly structured worship—sacred space and ritual roles are honored as part of cosmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, portrayed as a vast ritual landscape suitable for deva-yajana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deva-yajana (ritual worship of the gods) and the construction of the patnīśālā, a standard yajña component in Vedic sacrificial setup.