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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच । यदि देवाः प्रसन्ना मे कूपान्निष्कमणे त्वहम् । यष्टा स्वं मंदिरं गत्वा देवयज्ञं करोम्यहम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | yadi devāḥ prasannā me kūpānniṣkamaṇe tvaham | yaṣṭā svaṃ maṃdiraṃ gatvā devayajñaṃ karomyaham

Translation

Le brāhmane dit : « Si les dieux sont satisfaits de moi, que je puisse sortir de ce puits. Rentré dans ma demeure, j’accomplirai selon le rite le deva-yajña, le sacrifice aux dieux. »

Word by Word
ब्राह्मणःthe brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person, Singular
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्धक-अव्यय; conditional conjunction ‘if’
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रसन्नाःpleased
प्रसन्नाः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; adjective agreeing with ‘देवाः’: Masculine, Nominative, Plural
मेwith me / of me
मे:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); here षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध): ‘of me’; Pronoun, Genitive, Singular
कूपात्from the well
कूपात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular
निष्कमणेupon (my) coming out
निष्कमणे:
Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्कमण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘at the time/act of coming out’
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात; particle
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Singular
यष्टा(I) will perform sacrifice
यष्टा:
Karta (Intended agent/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
Formभविष्यत्कृदन्त (तृन्/तार्-प्रत्यय; agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘one who will sacrifice’ (future agent)
स्वम्own
स्वम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘मन्दिरम्’: Neuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्दिरम्house, temple
मन्दिरम्:
Karma (Goal as object of motion/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय; Absolutive (gerund): ‘having gone’
देवयज्ञम्a sacrifice for the gods
देवयज्ञम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘देवानां यज्ञः’/‘देवाय यज्ञः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular
करोमिI do, I perform
करोमि:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 1st person, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Singular (emphatic repetition)
Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tritakūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed brāhmaṇa inside a stone-lined well, hands raised in supplication, vowing to perform deva-yajña upon release; above, unseen devas implied by light and lotus motifs.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇa
D
devatāḥ
K
kūpa (well)
D
deva-yajña

FAQs

A boon is sought not for indulgence but to restore dharmic life—freedom to continue proper worship and sacrificial duty.

The sacred well-site in Prabhāsakṣetra that becomes associated with divine intervention and later tīrtha merit.

A commitment to perform deva-yajña (sacrifice for the gods) after being rescued—linking divine grace with renewed ritual obligation.

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