Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणोत्पादिते देवि वह्निकुण्डान्महाप्रभे । नमस्ते कपिले पुण्ये सर्वदेवनमस्कृते

Transliteration

brahmaṇotpādite devi vahnikuṇḍānmahāprabhe | namaste kapile puṇye sarvadevanamaskṛte

Translation

Ô Déesse, engendrée par Brahmā, née du foyer de feu, ô Toi de grand éclat ! Salut à Toi, Kapilā la sainte, honorée même par tous les dieux.

Word by Word

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3/करण), एकवचन

• utpādite: O (one) produced/created
• utpādite: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ut-√pad (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘देवि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• vahni-kuṇḍāt: from the fire-pit
• vahni-kuṇḍāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5/अपादान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vahneḥ kuṇḍaḥ)

• mahā-prabhe: O great-radiance (one)
• mahā-prabhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahā prabhā yasyāḥ)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Prayojana/Discourse (Salutation/नमस्कार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक-निपातः

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीयपुरुष; चतुर्थी (4/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• kapile: O Kapilā
• kapile: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapilā/kapilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• puṇye: O holy one
• puṇye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (kapile/devī)

• sarva-deva-namaskṛte: O one saluted by all gods
• sarva-deva-namaskṛte: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + namas-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (sarvaiḥ devaiḥ namaskṛtā)

Speaker

Ritual practitioner/devotee (stuti addressed to Kapilā Dhenu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā (Prabhāsa sambandha)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā presides over a blazing sacrificial fire-pit; from the flames emerges the radiant Kapilā, revered by assembled devas with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kapilā (sacred cow)
• Vahni-kuṇḍa (fire-pit)
• Devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred is often revealed through ritual fire and divine ordinance; honoring such manifestations is itself a form of worship acknowledged by the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the prescribed worship connected with Kapilā and Sūrya is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal salutation (namas) to Kapilā as part of her worship, linked to a fire-altar (vahni-kuṇḍa) context.