Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यज्ञे प्राचेतसो दक्षो महातेजाः प्रजापतिः । दक्षस्यापि तथा जाताः पञ्चाशद्दुहितरोऽनघ

Transliteration

yajñe prācetaso dakṣo mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ | dakṣasyāpi tathā jātāḥ pañcāśadduhitaro'nagha

Translation

Du sacrifice naquit Prācetasa Dakṣa, le Prajāpati au grand éclat; et à Dakṣa, de même, naquirent cinquante filles, ô sans tache.

Word by Word

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

• प्राचेतसः: Prācetasa
• प्राचेतसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राचेतस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महत् तेजः यस्य)

• प्रजापतिः: the Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (also/even)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb

• जाताः: were born
• जाताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• पञ्चाशत्: fifty
• पञ्चाशत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चाशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; here used as numeral qualifier (indeclinable-like)

• दुहितरः: daughters
• दुहितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• अनघ: O sinless one
• अनघ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Anagha; recounting Dakṣa’s origin and progeny)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Anagha / sinless one (addressed), within Bhārata-kathā frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing sacrificial altar; from the sacred fire emerges Dakṣa Prajāpati, radiant, while sages chant. Behind him, symbolic depiction of fifty daughters as a garland of feminine forms or stars.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa Prajāpati
• Yajña
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacrifice (yajña) is portrayed as a cosmic principle through which order, progeny, and dharma-supporting lineages arise.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse focuses on cosmological genealogy.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is referenced as the sacral context, but no procedural injunction is specified.