Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

रसक्षेत्रे रसाध्यक्षो यज्ञवाटेषु कोटनः । चतुर्दश भुवं व्याप्य स्थिताश्चैवं नमामि तान्

Transliteration

rasakṣetre rasādhyakṣo yajñavāṭeṣu koṭanaḥ | caturdaśa bhuvaṃ vyāpya sthitāścaivaṃ namāmi tān

Translation

Dans le « Rasa-kṣetra », il est Rasādhyakṣa, et dans les enclos du yajña il est Koṭana. Pénétrant les quatorze mondes et demeurant ainsi, je me prosterne devant eux tous.

Word by Word

• रसक्षेत्रे: in the rasa-field/region
• रसक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रसस्य क्षेत्रे)

• रसाध्यक्षः: overseer of rasa (name/epithet)
• रसाध्यक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस + अध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रसस्य अध्यक्षः)

• यज्ञवाटेषु: in sacrificial enclosures
• यज्ञवाटेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + वाट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (यज्ञस्य वाटेषु)

• कोटनः: Koṭana (name)
• कोटनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (द्विगु-समास: चतुर्दश = fourteen)

• भुवम्: the world(s)/earth
• भुवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन/भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• व्याप्य: having pervaded
• व्याप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व्याप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• स्थिताः: standing, stationed
• स्थिताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; thus/in this manner)

• नमामि: I bow (to)
• नमामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rasa-kṣetra / Yajña-vāṭa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic diagram-like scene: the yajña-vāṭa as a mandala at center with Koṭana guarding its perimeter; nearby a mysterious Rasa-kṣetra with Rasādhyakṣa presiding; above and around, the fourteen worlds depicted as concentric realms, all suffused by protective presence; the devotee offers final namaskāra.

Characters & Entities

• Rasādhyakṣa
• Koṭana
• Yajña-vāṭa (sacrificial enclosure)
• Caturdaśa-bhuvana (fourteen worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual spaces and sacred regions are protected by cosmic guardians whose authority spans all realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A ‘Rasa-kṣetra’ is referenced, but without further identifiers in this snippet; the emphasis is on universal guardianship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honor guardians specifically in yajña-vāṭas (sacrificial grounds) and invoke their all-pervading protection.