Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

महाहिवो महायेति पञ्चमं परिकीर्तितम् । हिरण्यगर्भः समवर्तत षष्ठं बीजं प्रकीर्तितम्

Transliteration

mahāhivo mahāyeti pañcamaṃ parikīrtitam | hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartata ṣaṣṭhaṃ bījaṃ prakīrtitam

Translation

Le cinquième est proclamé par « mahāhivo mahā… ». La sixième syllabe-semence (bīja) est annoncée par « hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartata… ».

Word by Word

• महाहिवः: “mahāhivaḥ” (mantra-word)
• महाहिवः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (नाम)

• महाय: “mahāya” (mantra-word)
• महाय: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle), अव्यय

• पञ्चमम्: the fifth (one/part)
• पञ्चमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परिकीर्तितम्: is declared
• परिकीर्तितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• हिरण्यगर्भः: Hiraṇyagarbha
• हिरण्यगर्भः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्यगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हिरण्यस्य गर्भः

• समवर्तत: came into being / arose
• समवर्तत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अवर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: वर्त्, उपसर्ग: सम्+अव

• षष्ठम्: the sixth (one/part)
• षष्ठम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• बीजम्: seed (mantric seed-syllable)
• बीजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A twofold vision: first, Mahā-Śiva as vast, tranquil, ash-smeared, with crescent moon and matted locks; second, Hiraṇyagarbha as a radiant golden cosmic embryo/egg emerging in a lotus-like glow—both presiding over the final bīja steps in the Prabhāsa rite.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyagarbha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship connects cosmic origins (Hiraṇyagarbha) to daily devotion, making ritual a contemplative act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where these mantra-seeds are taught for solar worship and installation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation/assignment of the fifth and sixth bījas using the cited mantra-openings.