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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ऋग्वेदस्थस्तु पूर्वाह्णे मध्याह्ने यजुषि स्थितः । अपराह्णे तु सामस्थो ह्यथर्वस्थो निशागमे

Transliteration

ṛgvedasthastu pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne yajuṣi sthitaḥ | aparāhṇe tu sāmastho hyatharvastho niśāgame

Translation

Am Morgen weilt Er als Ṛgveda; zur Mittagszeit ist Er im Yajus gegründet; am Nachmittag steht Er als Sāma; und beim Einbruch der Nacht ist Er als Atharva gegenwärtig.

Word by Word
ऋग्वेदस्थःone situated in the Ṛgveda
ऋग्वेदस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋग्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: स्थ (क्त/निष्ठा-प्रत्ययान्त अर्थे ‘स्थितः’)—‘ऋग्वेदे स्थितः’
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)
पूर्वाह्णेin the forenoon
पूर्वाह्णे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वाह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘पूर्वः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘in the forenoon’
मध्याह्नेat midday
मध्याह्ने:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘मध्यः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘at midday’
यजुषिin the Yajurveda
यजुषि:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; वेदविशेषः
स्थितःsituated
स्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त निष्ठा—‘standing/situated’
अपराह्णेin the afternoon
अपराह्णे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअपराह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘अपरः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘in the afternoon’
तुand/but
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
सामस्थःone situated in the Sāmaveda
सामस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सामनि स्थितः’
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis/causal)
अथर्वस्थःone situated in the Atharvaveda
अथर्वस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअथर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अथर्वणि स्थितः’
निशागमेat nightfall
निशागमे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशागम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘निशायाः आगमः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘at the coming of night’
Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single deity-form (liṅga or radiant Śiva) is shown in four panels across a day: dawn with Ṛg scrolls, noon with yajña implements (Yajus), afternoon with musicians (Sāma), dusk/night with protective Atharva symbols—set within Prabhāsa shrine context.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛgveda
Y
Yajurveda
S
Sāmaveda
A
Atharvaveda

FAQs

The Lord is identified with Vedic revelation itself, pervading time and worship through the four Vedas across the day.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the deity is praised as Veda-embodied and time-pervading.

Implicit guidance toward time-based reverence (morning/noon/afternoon/evening), aligning worship with sacred sound and Vedic contemplation.

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