Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वेदमंत्रहविर्भागैः क्रिया या वैदिकी स्मृता

Transliteration

vedamaṃtrahavirbhāgaiḥ kriyā yā vaidikī smṛtā

Translation

Le rite dont on se souvient comme « védique » est l’acte accompli avec les mantras du Veda et avec les parts convenables des oblations (havis).

Word by Word

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग

• मन्त्र: mantra
• मन्त्र: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — समासाङ्ग

• भागैः: with Vedas, mantras, oblations, and portions
• भागैः: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (masculine, instrumental, plural); समासः—वेद-मन्त्र-हविर्-भाग (द्वन्द्वः)

• क्रिया: ritual act
• क्रिया: कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• या: which
• या: सम्बन्ध (relative: ‘which’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular)

• वैदिकी: Vedic
• वैदिकी: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (feminine, nominative, singular); क्रिया-विशेषण

• स्मृता: is called/remembered as
• स्मृता: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is remembered/called’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small sacrificial altar in Prabhāsa with priests chanting Vedic mantras; clarified butter and grains are offered in measured portions, illustrating what makes a rite ‘Vedic’.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Mantra
• Havis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True Vedic worship is defined by mantra-guided offering and disciplined ritual order, not by mere outward display.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), praised through instructions on proper dharma for worship there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

That Vedic rites should be performed using Vedic mantras along with correctly apportioned oblations (havis).