Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यान्येतानि ममास्थीनि यूयं तैस्तानि सर्वशः । निर्मापयध्वं शस्त्राणि तदाकाराणि सर्वशः

Transliteration

yānyetāni mamāsthīni yūyaṃ taistāni sarvaśaḥ | nirmāpayadhvaṃ śastrāṇi tadākārāṇi sarvaśaḥ

Translation

“Using these bones of mine, you should have all those weapons fashioned completely, making them in every respect according to those very forms.”

Word by Word

• yāni: which
• yāni: Karman (Object—correlative with ‘tāni’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• etāni: these
• etāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेष्य-सूचक

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• yūyam: you (all)
• yūyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• taiḥ: with those
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tāni: them
• tāni: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• sarvaśaḥ: completely
• sarvaśaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘entirely/in every way’)

• nirmāpayadhvam: construct, have made
• nirmāpayadhvam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु: मा ‘to measure/build’) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• śastrāṇi: weapons
• śastrāṇi: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• tad: of that
• tad: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• ākārāṇi: having the form
• ākārāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासान्तपद; विशेषणार्थे (qualifying ‘śastrāṇi’)

• sarvaśaḥ: in every way
• sarvaśaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Muni (Dadhīci, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage (Dadhīci-type figure) offering his bones for forging divine weapons; devas receive the instruction with reverence; a poignant, luminous sacrifice scene.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (Dadhīci, implied)
• Śakra (Indra, implied)
• Divine weapons (śastrāṇi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest generosity is self-offering for loka-rakṣā (protection of the world), transforming sacrifice into strength for dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The account is transmitted within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, reinforcing Prabhāsa as a locus for dharma narratives.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it describes the making (nirmāṇa) of weapons from bones as a mythic act of sacrificial giving.