Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एवं संपूर्णविभवैर्भवद्भिः श्रेयसे मम । क्रतुक्रिया वितन्यंतां विधिवद्भूरिदक्षिणाः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃpūrṇavibhavairbhavadbhiḥ śreyase mama | kratukriyā vitanyaṃtāṃ vidhivadbhūridakṣiṇāḥ

Translation

Ainsi, vous qui êtes pourvus de moyens complets, agissez pour mon bien : que les rites sacrificiels (kratu) soient déployés et accomplis selon la règle, avec d’abondantes dakṣiṇā et largesses.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb)

• सम्पूर्ण-विभवैः: with complete prosperity
• सम्पूर्ण-विभवैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + विभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सम्पूर्णाः विभवाः यस्य)

• भवद्भिः: by you (hon.)
• भवद्भिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग

• श्रेयसे: for the welfare
• श्रेयसे: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: of me / for me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्रतु-क्रियाः: sacrificial rites
• क्रतु-क्रियाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्रतोः क्रियाः)

• वितन्यन्ताम्: let (them) be spread/performed
• वितन्यन्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-तन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (वितन्यन्ताम्)

• विधिवत्: according to proper procedure
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• भूरि-दक्षिणाः: having abundant fees (dakṣiṇās)
• भूरि-दक्षिणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (भूर्यः दक्षिणाः)

Speaker

Soma (the Moon-god), addressing the dvijas/ritual leaders at Prabhāsa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal yajña pavilion in Prabhāsa: priests chanting, fire blazing, patrons offering ghee and grains; attendants distribute dakṣiṇā—cloth, gold, cows—under a canopy with temple spire visible.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• dakṣiṇā
• kratu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity becomes dharma when it sustains yajña and generous giving, especially in a sacred kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented as a place where dharmic institutions must be upheld.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuing/expanding kratu-yajñas with proper procedure (vidhi) and abundant dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts/fees).