Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तमुष्टवाम इति वै ह्यनेनेन्द्रमथार्चयेत् । उदीरतामवरेति सदा वैवस्वतं यजेत्

Transliteration

tamuṣṭavāma iti vai hyanenendramathārcayet | udīratāmavareti sadā vaivasvataṃ yajet

Translation

With the formula “tamuṣṭavāma…”, one should worship Indra by this mantra. With “udīratām avar…”, one should always offer worship to Vaivasvata (Yama).

Word by Word

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (pronoun: him/that)

• uṣṭavāmaḥ: we have praised
• uṣṭavāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; स्तुत्यर्थक क्रिया

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• anena: with this (mantra)
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• indram: Indra
• indram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• arcayet: one should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• udīratām: let them rise/let them be uttered
• udīratām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (ईर्) + ud (उद्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; (उद्-उपसर्ग)

• avara: O Avara (lower one)
• avara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (vocative/nominative-like in mantra), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (address)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• vaivasvatam: Vaivasvata (Yama)
• vaivasvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Yama/Vaivasvata)

• yajet: one should worship/sacrifice to
• yajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (यज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual scene: Indra, crowned and radiant with vajra, receives offerings; Yama (Vaivasvata), dark and dignified with daṇḍa, is worshipped with solemnity—both positioned as guardians in the Prabhāsa sacred circuit.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vaivasvata (Yama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes effective when joined to revealed speech: mantra-guided worship honors divine governance (Indra) and moral law (Yama).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even the gods and cosmic rulers are integrated into the pilgrimage-worship system.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana/yajana of Indra and Vaivasvata using the respective mantras cited by their opening words.