Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

इदं विष्णुर्विचक्रमे मंत्रेणार्घ्यं प्रदापयेत् । वेदोसीति च मंत्रेण उपवीतं प्रदापयेत्

Transliteration

idaṃ viṣṇurvicakrame maṃtreṇārghyaṃ pradāpayet | vedosīti ca maṃtreṇa upavītaṃ pradāpayet

Translation

With the mantra “idaṃ viṣṇur vicakrame…”, one should present the arghya offering; and with the mantra “vedosi…”, one should offer the sacred thread (upavīta).

Word by Word

• idam: this (mantra/utterance)
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Case 1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Case 1), एकवचन

• vicakrame: strode forth; took steps
• vicakrame: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√kram (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mantreṇa: with (the) mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन

• arghyam: arghya-offering (water offering)
• arghyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• pradāpayet: should offer / should cause to be given
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

• vedosi: “you are the Veda”
• vedosi: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vedaḥ + asi (अस् धातु)
• Form: सन्धि-विग्रह: vedaḥ asi; लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; अस्-धातु; वाक्यांश (mantra-quotation)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• mantreṇa: with (the) mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन

• upavītam: sacred thread (upavīta)
• upavītam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upavīta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• pradāpayet: should offer / should cause to be given
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest presents arghya to Viṣṇu while a devotee holds a neatly folded upavīta; the Trivikrama stride is hinted in iconography or mural behind the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Upavīta
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pūjā links Purāṇic devotion with Vedic authority—mantra and symbolic offerings affirm dharma and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya with “idaṃ viṣṇur vicakrame…” and offering the upavīta with “vedosi…”.