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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततोऽसौ ध्वजमाहात्म्याज्जातोऽवन्यां नराधिपः । ऋतध्वजेति विख्यातः सौराष्ट्रविषये सुधीः । स हि स्फूर्जद्ध्वजाग्रेण रथेन पर्यटन्महीम्

Transliteration

tato'sau dhvajamāhātmyājjāto'vanyāṃ narādhipaḥ | ṛtadhvajeti vikhyātaḥ saurāṣṭraviṣaye sudhīḥ | sa hi sphūrjaddhvajāgreṇa rathena paryaṭanmahīm

Translation

Daraufhin wurde er durch die Größe jener Fahne auf Erden als König geboren. Als Ṛtadhvaja wurde er berühmt, ein weiser Herrscher im Land Saurāṣṭra; und auf einem Wagen, dessen Vorderende eine flatternde Fahne trug, durchzog er die Erde.

Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’
asauhe, that person
asau:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)
dhvaja-māhātmyātfrom/owing to the greatness of the banner
dhvaja-māhātmyāt:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootdhvaja (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ध्वजस्य माहात्म्यम्) + पञ्चमी-प्रयोगः ‘from/owing to’
jātaḥwas born, arose
jātaḥ:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
Formकृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born/come into being’
avanyāmon the earth
avanyām:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootavanī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
narādhipaḥking, ruler of men
narādhipaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)
ṛtadhvajaṚtadhvaja (name)
ṛtadhvaja:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-सम्भवः ‘ṛta-flagged’
itithus, as
iti:
Sambandha (Quotation-marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle)
vikhyātaḥrenowned, famous
vikhyātaḥ:
Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootkhyā (धातु)
Formकृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle) with vi-; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘well-known’
saurāṣṭra-viṣayein the Saurāṣṭra region
saurāṣṭra-viṣaye:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaurāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक) + viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सौराष्ट्रस्य विषयः)
sudhīḥwise, intelligent
sudhīḥ:
Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsu-dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
hiindeed, for
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle of emphasis/causal nuance)
sphūrjat-dhvaja-agreṇawith the banner’s fluttering tip/front
sphūrjat-dhvaja-agreṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsphūrjat (कृदन्त—शतृ from sphur धातु) + dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सप्तमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समासः (ध्वजस्य अग्रे) with उपपद-विशेषण ‘sphūrjat’ (fluttering)
rathenaby/with a chariot
rathena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootratha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया, एकवचन
paryaṭanwandering, roaming
paryaṭan:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootparyaṭ (धातु)
Formकृदन्तः—शतृ (present active participle); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘wandering’
mahīmthe earth
mahīm:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmahī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
Speaker

Śiva (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhvaja-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise king named Ṛtadhvaja rides a chariot across the earth; at the chariot’s prow a great banner snaps in the wind, echoing the temple flag’s earlier auspiciousness.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛtadhvaja
S
Saurāṣṭra
D
dhvaja (flag)
R
ratha (chariot)

FAQs

Purāṇic dharma teaches that even unintended contact with sacred symbols can yield powerful karmic fruits, including elevated rebirth.

The narrative’s merit-source is the Śaiva kṣetra praised in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, with Saurāṣṭra named as the king’s realm.

None directly; the focus is on dhvaja-māhātmya (the sanctity and merit connected with the temple flag).

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