Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

यदा जुहाव चेंद्राय ततस्ततो व्यजायत । प्रमादस्तत्र संजज्ञे प्रायश्चित्तं च कर्मसु

Transliteration

yadā juhāva ceṃdrāya tatastato vyajāyata | pramādastatra saṃjajñe prāyaścittaṃ ca karmasu

Translation

Lorsqu’il versa l’offrande dans le feu pour Indra, de cet acte naquit une défaillance ; ainsi, dans les actes rituels, apparut la nécessité du prāyaścitta, les rites d’expiation.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (when)

• जुहाव: offered (into fire)
• जुहाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• इन्द्राय: to Indra
• इन्द्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (4th/Dative), एकवचनम्

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (thereupon/from that)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (thereupon)

• व्यजायत: was born, came forth
• व्यजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• प्रमादः: error, negligence
• प्रमादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संजज्ञे: arose, occurred
• संजज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• कर्मसु: in rites, in actions
• कर्मसु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic fire-altar at Prabhāsa; a sacrificer offers to Indra, and a subtle shadow of ‘pramāda’ (lapse) manifests, prompting sages to prescribe expiation rites.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Prāyaścitta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes correction: when lapses occur in sacred actions, expiation restores purity and continuity of righteous practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, the verse underscores dharmic completeness—rituals, errors, and remedies—reflecting the sacred order associated with the kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prāyaścitta (expiatory rites) is explicitly mentioned as the remedy for pramāda (ritual negligence).