Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततो भागार्थिनो देवा इन्द्राद्यास्तत्र चागताः । ऋषयो भागकामास्तु सर्वे तत्र समागताः

Transliteration

tato bhāgārthino devā indrādyāstatra cāgatāḥ | ṛṣayo bhāgakāmāstu sarve tatra samāgatāḥ

Translation

Alors les dieux—Indra et les autres—vinrent en ce lieu, en quête de leur part assignée du sacrifice. Les sages aussi, désirant leur portion, s’y rassemblèrent tous.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• bhāga-arthinaḥ: seeking a share
• bhāga-arthinaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भाव): ‘भागस्य अर्थी’ (desirous of a share); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• indrādyāḥ: Indra and the others
• indrādyāḥ: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आदि-समास): ‘इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्’ (Indra and others); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of place): ‘there’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• āgatāḥ: came, arrived
• āgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle): ‘आगत’ (having come); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावे, कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• bhāga-kāmāḥ: desiring a share
• bhāga-kāmāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘भागं कामयन्ते’/‘भागस्य कामाः’ (desirous of a share); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): contrast/emphasis ‘but/indeed’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place): ‘there’

• samāgatāḥ: assembled, gathered
• samāgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle): ‘समागत’ (assembled/come together); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa yajña-sthala (assembly locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly: Indra with vajra, other devas in jeweled attire, and rows of sages with matted hair and kamandalu converge on a coastal yajña-śālā; the fire altar glows at center.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yajña is a cosmic, communal act: gods and sages participate through their ordained ‘shares,’ reflecting ordered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The gathering occurs at Brahmā’s yajña-site within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The concept of bhāga (allotted sacrificial portions) is indicated, implying formal yajña distribution to devas and ṛṣis.