Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेव तदा काले पुन र्जज्ञेऽथ मागधः । सामगेषु च गायत्सु स्रुग्भांडाद्वैश्वदेविकात्

Transliteration

tasminneva tadā kāle puna rjajñe'tha māgadhaḥ | sāmageṣu ca gāyatsu srugbhāṃḍādvaiśvadevikāt

Translation

Gerade zu jener Zeit wurde der Māgadha erneut geboren: als die Sänger des Sāma sangen, ging er aus dem Schöpfkellen-Gefäß hervor, das für das Vaiśvadeva-Opfer dient.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/thing)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• जज्ञे: was born, came into being
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• अथ: then, and then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (conjunctive particle)

• मागधः: the Māgadha (person of Magadha)
• मागधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• सामगेषु: among the Sāma-chanters
• सामगेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गायत्सु: among those singing
• गायत्सु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गै)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle)

• स्रुग्भाण्डात्: from the ladle-vessel
• स्रुग्भाण्डात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्रुचः भाण्डम्)

• वैश्वदेविकात्: from (the offering) belonging to the Viśvadevas
• वैश्वदेविकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वदेविक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yajña-bhūmi motif)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic sacrifice scene: Sāma-chanters seated, singing; the fire altar glows; from the ladle-vessel of the Vaiśvadeva offering, a figure (Māgadha) manifests anew, as priests look on in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Māgadha
• Sāmagas (Sāma-chanters)
• Vaiśvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech and praise are born from yajña; ritual order generates auspicious social functions like dhārmic eulogy and proclamation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, where ritual purity and sacred tradition are highlighted as part of the region’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vaiśvadeva-yajña context is referenced, along with Sāma singing—indicative of Vedic ritual performance.