Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

उपस्थानं तु वै कृत्वा मंत्रेणानेन सुव्रते । उदुत्यं जातवेदसमिति मंत्रः संपरिकीर्तितः

Transliteration

upasthānaṃ tu vai kṛtvā maṃtreṇānena suvrate | udutyaṃ jātavedasamiti maṃtraḥ saṃparikīrtitaḥ

Translation

Ô toi de vœu vertueux, après avoir accompli l’upasthāna (service de présence) avec ce mantra, le mantra est proclamé ainsi : « ud utyaṃ jātavedasam ».

Word by Word

• उपस्थानम्: attendance, worshipful approach
• उपस्थानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• वै: certainly, indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having done'

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun: 'by/with this')

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

• उदुत्यम्: “udutyaṃ” (mantra word)
• उदुत्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्-उत्यम् (ऋग्वैदिक-पाठ; मन्त्रपद)
• Form: मन्त्रपद (quoted mantra-word); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (as a cited formula)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni/Sun epithet)
• जातवेदसम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• इति: thus, as (quoted)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• मन्त्रः: the mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• संपरिकीर्तितः: has been fully proclaimed/mentioned
• संपरिकीर्तितः: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-परि-√कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ (PPP: 'has been declared')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sūrya-upasthāna with Ṛgvedic mantra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Suvratā / virtuous interlocutor addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The worshipper stands in respectful posture (añjali) before the installed Sūrya on the lotus pedestal; the rising Sun is visible; the mantra ‘ud utyaṃ jātavedasam’ is being chanted, with rays depicted as lines touching the devotee and altar.

Characters & Entities

• Vedic Mantra: ud utyaṃ jātavedasam
• Upasthāna
• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic worship is rooted in Vedic speech; mantra-recitation sanctifies presence and attention before the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mantra-instruction appears within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, integrating Vedic Sūrya-stuti into Prabhāsa practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform upasthāna (formal attendance) using the Vedic mantra beginning ‘ud utyaṃ jātavedasam’.