Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

यथा न पूर्यते यज्ञस्तथेदानीं विधीयताम्

Transliteration

yathā na pūryate yajñastathedānīṃ vidhīyatām

Translation

Es werde jetzt so eingerichtet, dass das Opfer (Yajña) nicht unvollendet bleibt.

Word by Word

• yathā: as, in such a way that
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: यथार्थक/उपमानार्थक अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• pūryate: is fulfilled/completed
• pūryate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pṝ (धा॒तु; पूरणे)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• yajñaḥ: sacrifice
• yajñaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tathā: so, thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: तथार्थक अव्यय (correlative adverb)

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• vidhīyatām: let it be arranged/done
• vidhīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धा॒तु; विधाने)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

Speaker

Unspecified (context: request directed to Vāmana to resolve yajña-completion issue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial arena at Prabhāsa: altars, ladles, fire blazing; elders instructing that the rite be arranged so it is not left incomplete.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires that sacred rites be completed properly; solutions must preserve both truth and ritual integrity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa, depicted as a place where the right ordering of yajña is safeguarded.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction to make proper arrangements so the yajña reaches completion (pūrti).