Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

ऋषयस्तत्र गच्छंतु कारयन्तु महामखम् । अहं तत्रागमिष्यामि साधयिष्यामि तं बलिम्

Transliteration

ṛṣayastatra gacchaṃtu kārayantu mahāmakham | ahaṃ tatrāgamiṣyāmi sādhayiṣyāmi taṃ balim

Translation

„Die ṛṣis sollen dorthin gehen und ein großes Opfer vollziehen lassen. Auch ich werde dorthin kommen und diese Aufgabe vollenden, indem ich Bali unterwerfe.“

Word by Word

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• गच्छन्तु: let them go
• गच्छन्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• कारयन्तु: let them cause (it) to be done
• कारयन्तु: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थक/imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• महामखम्: the great sacrifice
• महामखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् मखः)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• आगमिष्यामि: I shall come
• आगमिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• साधयिष्यामि: I shall accomplish
• साधयिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (बलिम् इति)

• बलिम्: offering, tribute
• बलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Janārdana/Viṣṇu (issuing instructions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa) addressed in the section

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding divine figure addresses assembled ṛṣis, directing them to proceed to the yajña-maṇḍapa; the promise of arrival to ‘bring Bali under control’ hangs like a vow over the sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Viṣṇu (implied)
• Bali
• Mahāmakha (great yajña)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is restored through coordinated sacred action—yajña led by sages and divine presence completing the purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction ‘go there’ belongs to the Vastrāpatha Kṣetra narrative setting within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance/arrangement of a mahāmakha (great yajña) by the sages is explicitly prescribed.