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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

वितस्तिमात्रमश्नीयाद्दीर्घं ह्रस्वं च वर्जयेत् । उदङ्मुखो वा प्राङ्मुखः सुखासीनोऽथ वाग्यतः

Transliteration

vitastimātramaśnīyāddīrghaṃ hrasvaṃ ca varjayet | udaṅmukho vā prāṅmukhaḥ sukhāsīno'tha vāgyataḥ

Translation

Qu’on utilise un bâtonnet dentaire de la mesure d’un vitasti (une empan), en évitant celui qui est trop long ou trop court. Assis à l’aise, tourné vers le nord ou l’est, qu’on demeure en silence.

Word by Word
वितस्तिमात्रम्of span-length measure
वितस्तिमात्रम्:
Visheshana (Measure qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवितस्ति + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषः (वितस्तेः मात्रम् = ‘a span’s measure’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (measure qualifying दन्तकाष्ठम् understood)
अश्नीयात्should eat/use (chew)
अश्नीयात्:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; Optative, 2nd person, Singular
दीर्घम्too long
दीर्घम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (object to be avoided)
ह्रस्वम्too short
ह्रस्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootह्रस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular (object to be avoided)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय; Conjunction
वर्जयेत्should avoid
वर्जयेत्:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवर्ज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada; Optative, 2nd person, Singular
उदङ्मुखःnorth-facing
उदङ्मुखः:
Karta (Subject-state/कर्ता-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootउदङ् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषः (उदङ् = उत्तरदिक्; उदङ्मुखः = ‘north-facing’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्प-अव्यय; Disjunctive particle
प्राङ्मुखःeast-facing
प्राङ्मुखः:
Karta (Subject-state/कर्ता-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राङ् + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषः (प्राङ् = पूर्वदिक्; ‘east-facing’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सुखासीनःseated comfortably
सुखासीनः:
Karta (Subject-state/कर्ता-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुख + आसीन (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषः (सुखेन आसीनः); आसीन = आस् (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय/PPP used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तर/प्रस्ताव-अव्यय; Discourse particle (‘then/and now’)
वाक्speech
वाक्:
Samasa-purvapada (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण); Feminine stem used as prior member ‘speech’
यतःrestrained
यतः:
Karta (Subject-state/कर्ता-भाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootयत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘restrained/controlled’ (as in वाग्यतः)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced from instructional dharma tone within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at dawn in Prabhāsa sits on a clean mat facing east/north, holding a measured tooth-stick, silent and composed; the sea-breeze and tīrtha ambience suggest ritual readiness.

Characters & Entities
P
Prabhāsakṣetra
V
Vitasti
D
Dantakāṣṭha

FAQs

Right method and mindful restraint (including direction and silence) elevate routine acts into disciplined dharma.

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya includes prescriptions for purified daily living.

Use a span-length tooth-stick; sit comfortably; face north or east; keep silence while performing dantadhāvana.

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