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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

निक्षिप्य भूमौ तत्कुम्भं ज्वालयेदनलं ततः । चुह्लीरूपेण षण्मासं पाचयेत्तं शनैःशनैः

nikṣipya bhūmau tatkumbhaṃ jvālayedanalaṃ tataḥ | cuhlīrūpeṇa ṣaṇmāsaṃ pācayettaṃ śanaiḥśanaiḥ

Après avoir posé ce vase à même le sol, qu’on allume ensuite le feu. À la manière d’un foyer, qu’on le chauffe lentement et sans relâche durant six mois.

निक्षिप्यhaving placed (down)
निक्षिप्य:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-क्षिप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: क्षिप्, उपसर्ग: नि-; ‘having placed’
भूमौon the ground
भूमौ:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
कुम्भम्pot, jar
कुम्भम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
ज्वालयेत्should kindle
ज्वालयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्वल् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) अर्थः: ‘should ignite/kindle’
अनलम्fire
अनलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
चुल्ही-रूपेणin the form of a stove/hearth
चुल्ही-रूपेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचुल्ही (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्धः: ‘of a stove’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
षण्मासम्for six months
षण्मासम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootषट् (संख्या) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्विगु-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणम्
पाचयेत्should cook/bake
पाचयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपच् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) अर्थः: ‘should cause to cook/bake’
तम्it/that (pot)
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
शनैःslowly
शनैः:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
शनैःvery slowly, gradually
शनैः:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication) बलार्थम्

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (rite context)

Type: kshetra

Listener: null

Scene: A copper pot set on the ground is heated like a hearth; a controlled fire burns beneath as the practitioner tends it over a long six-month observance.

FAQs

Spiritual results are linked to sustained restraint and careful practice—slow, long-term discipline is portrayed as transformative.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as part of the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya instructions.

Set the prepared pot on the ground, kindle fire like a hearth, and heat it gradually for six months.