Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

च्यवन उवाच । अहं वां यज्ञभागार्हौ करिष्ये सोमपायिनौ

Transliteration

cyavana uvāca | ahaṃ vāṃ yajñabhāgārhau kariṣye somapāyinau

Translation

Cyavana sprach: „Ich werde euch beide würdig machen, einen Anteil am Opfer zu empfangen, und so werdet ihr Soma-Trinker sein.“

Word by Word

• च्यवनः: Cyavana
• च्यवनः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: च्यवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-द्विवचन, द्वितीया (Accusative), द्विवचन

• यज्ञभागार्हौ: worthy of a share in the sacrifice
• यज्ञभागार्हौ: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘यज्ञभागस्य अर्हौ’

• करिष्ये: I will make
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सोमपायिनौ: Soma-drinkers
• सोमपायिनौ: Karma (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक) + पायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Cyavana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Aśvinau

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cyavana, composed and radiant with ascetic power, declares he will make the Aśvins worthy of yajña-share and Soma-drinking.

Characters & Entities

• Cyavana
• Aśvins
• Soma
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A realized sage can restore dharmic balance by affirming rightful participation in sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, through the authority and sanctity associated with Cyavaneśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Granting yajña-bhāga (sacrificial share) and Soma-drinking status within yajña.