Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शक्रश्च देवराजत्वे तत्रेष्ट्वा समवाप्तवान् । कार्त्तवीर्येण तत्रैव कृतं यज्ञशतं पुरा

Transliteration

śakraśca devarājatve tatreṣṭvā samavāptavān | kārttavīryeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā

Translation

Auch Śakra (Indra) erlangte die Herrschaft über die Götter, indem er dort Opfer darbrachte. Und in alter Zeit vollzog Kārttavīrya an eben diesem Ort hundert Opferhandlungen.

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• देवराजत्वे: in the status of king of the gods
• देवराजत्वे: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-राजत्व (प्रातिपदिक; देव + राजत्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (देवानां राजत्वम्) — Locative: 'in kingship of the gods'

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

• इष्ट्वा: having performed sacrifice
• इष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) → इष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having sacrificed/worshipped'

• समवाप्तवान्: attained
• समवाप्तवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आप् (धातु) → समवाप्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle active); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having attained/obtained' (finite sense)

• कार्त्तवीर्येण: by Kārttavīrya
• कार्त्तवीर्येण: Karana/Agent (Instrument or agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• कृतम्: was performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'was done' (agreeing with यज्ञशतम्)

• यज्ञशतम्: a hundred sacrifices
• यज्ञशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-शत (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं यज्ञाः)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/once)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Daśāśvamedha-pradeśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) performs a radiant sacrifice at Prabhāsa and is crowned as devarāja; in a secondary vignette, Kārttavīrya’s royal yajña sequence is shown—rows of altars and priests, banners, and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kārttavīrya Arjuna
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse ties spiritual merit and rightful sovereignty to yajña performed at a sanctified kṣetra, showing dharma as the foundation of power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Daśāśvamedha/Aśvamedhika sacred area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed as a prime sacrificial site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of yajña (sacrifice) at the site is praised through exemplars: Indra and Kārttavīrya.