Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

आस्यतामासनमिदं भुज्यतां स्वेच्छया मुने । इत्युक्तोऽघोरमंत्रं स जपन्कल्पांतकारकम् । धुर्यासनमथासाद्य निषसाद महामुनिः

Transliteration

āsyatāmāsanamidaṃ bhujyatāṃ svecchayā mune | ityukto'ghoramaṃtraṃ sa japankalpāṃtakārakam | dhuryāsanamathāsādya niṣasāda mahāmuniḥ

Translation

„Setze dich auf diesen Sitz, o Muni; iss nach deinem Wunsch.“ So angesprochen, näherte sich der große Weise—während er das Aghora-Mantra murmelte, eine Macht, die selbst am Ende eines Kalpa vernichtet—dem ehrwürdigen Sitz und setzte sich.

Word by Word

• āsyatām: let (you two) sit
• āsyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; आज्ञार्थे—'let (you two) sit'

• āsanam: seat
• āsanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र 'idam āsanam' इति प्रथमा

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (demonstrative)

• bhujyatām: let (it) be eaten
• bhujyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive imperative) — 'let it be eaten'

• sva-icchayā: as you wish, by your own will
• sva-icchayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; 'by (your) own wish'—करण

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः

• uktaḥ: having been told
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ukta (कृदन्त; √vac (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; 'having been addressed/said to'

• aghora-mantram: the Aghora mantra
• aghora-mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aghora (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः; कर्म (object of 'japan')

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• japan: chanting
• japan: Kriya (Participial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle/वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'chanting'

• kalpa-anta-kārakam: causing the end of the aeon
• kalpa-anta-kārakam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (of mantra): 'bringing about the end of an aeon'

• dhurya-āsanam: the excellent/chief seat
• dhurya-āsanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhurya (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of 'āsādya')

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• āsādya: having approached
• āsādya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ +
• Form: ल्यप् (Absolutive/क्त्वान्त), 'having approached/reached'

• niṣasāda: sat down
• niṣasāda: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sad (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि +
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-muniḥ: the great sage
• mahā-muniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

Speaker

Ilvala (inviting); Narrator (describing Agastya’s action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya-host gestures toward an ornate seat and lavish fare; the sage approaches calmly, silently repeating the Aghora-mantra, aura of Śiva’s fierce protection around him.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Aghora-mantra
• Ilvala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa and inner purity protect the practitioner; spiritual power is portrayed as superior to demonic schemes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where sacred power and dharma are shown to be operative and victorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa of the Aghora-mantra is explicitly mentioned (as a protective and potent spiritual act).