Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यथोक्तमासनं भेजुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय शक्रः प्रोवाच तं मुनिम्

Transliteration

yathoktamāsanaṃ bhejuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya śakraḥ provāca taṃ munim

Translation

All the gods, together with Vāsava (Indra), took their seats as instructed. Then, rising in their midst, Śakra addressed that sage.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'as')

• उक्तम्: said/mentioned
• उक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• भेजुः: took/occupied
• भेजुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सवासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; 'स-' उपपदपूर्वक (with Indra) (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural; pronoun)

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• मुनिम्: sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Īśvara/Śiva continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, with Indra among them, sit in an orderly circle as instructed by the sage; Indra rises from the midst to speak, hands joined in respectful address.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Śakra
• Muni (Dadhīci)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods approach a tapasvī with humility and order, showing reverence for ascetic power and dharmic protocol.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a supremely sanctifying sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse sets a formal assembly scene preceding a dharmic request.