Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा मां यज्ञ आसक्तं ये च विप्रा धरातले । ते यज्ञान्प्रचरिष्यंति शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā māṃ yajña āsaktaṃ ye ca viprā dharātale | te yajñānpracariṣyaṃti śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Seeing me devoted to sacrifice, the brahmins upon the earth will propagate sacrifices—by the hundreds, and even by the thousands.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यज्ञे: in sacrifice; in the rite
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• आसक्तम्: attached; devoted
• आसक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√सञ्ज्/सक्त (प्रातिपदिक; 'āsakta')
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle sense), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (माम्)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Connector (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• धरातले: on the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• यज्ञान्: sacrifices
• यज्ञान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• प्रचरिष्यन्ति: will practice; will perform
• प्रचरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• शतशः: by hundreds; hundreds of times
• शतशः: Manner (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: distributive/multiplicative)

• अथ: then; moreover
• अथ: Sequence (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक (particle: then/and further)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; thousands of times
• सहस्रशः: Manner (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: distributive/multiplicative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) narrating the creator’s exemplary influence

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered figure absorbed in yajña; brāhmaṇas across the earth, inspired, begin conducting many sacrifices; the atmosphere is Vedic, orderly, and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Vipras (Brahmins)
• Yajña
• Earth (Dharā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma spreads through exemplars: when the highest authority upholds yajña, society follows, multiplying righteous action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains part of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya discourse framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The widespread performance and propagation of yajñas is encouraged as a communal dharmic practice.