Shloka 23 - Adhyaya 1 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | French | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

निषेकादिः श्मशानान्तो मन्त्रैर्यस्योदितो विधिः । तस्य शास्त्रेऽधिकारोऽस्ति ज्ञेयो नान्यस्य कस्यचित्

Transliteration

niṣekādiḥ śmaśānānto mantrairyasyodito vidhiḥ | tasya śāstre'dhikāro'sti jñeyo nānyasya kasyacit

Translation

N’a autorité dans ce śāstra que celui dont les rites de la vie—depuis la conception jusqu’aux derniers rites au lieu de crémation—sont prescrits et accomplis avec des mantras; nul autre ne doit être tenu pour qualifié.

Word by Word

निषेकादिःhaving niṣeka as the beginning

श्मशानान्तःending at the cremation-ground (i.e., up to śmaśāna)

मन्त्रैःby mantras

यस्यof whom/whose

उदितःuttered/recited

विधिःthe rite/procedure

तस्यfor him/of him

शास्त्रेin the śāstra

अधिकारःeligibility/authority

अस्तिis/exists

ज्ञेयःshould be known (as such)

नnot

अन्यस्यof another

कस्यचित्of anyone (at all)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ऋषयः

Visual Art Cues

Scene: जीवन-यात्रा का रूपक—गर्भाधान/निषेक से अन्त्येष्टि तक संस्कार-श्रृंखला; मन्त्र-उच्चारण करते पुरोहित; शास्त्र-ग्रन्थ सामने; श्मशान-दीप/अग्नि का दूर संकेत

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Eligibility (adhikāra) for handling sacred teaching is linked to disciplined life-rites and mantra-guided dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse is within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, though this verse focuses on qualifications rather than a specific sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reference to the full saṃskāra cycle—rites from niṣeka through antyeṣṭi—performed according to mantra-based injunctions.