Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

एकतस्तु जगत्सर्वं कर्म कांडे प्रतिष्ठितम् । यज्ञदानतपोहोमैः स्वाध्यायैः पितृतर्पणैः

Transliteration

ekatastu jagatsarvaṃ karma kāṃḍe pratiṣṭhitam | yajñadānatapohomaiḥ svādhyāyaiḥ pitṛtarpaṇaiḥ

Translation

D’un côté, le monde entier repose sur la voie du karma-kāṇḍa : par les sacrifices (yajña), les dons, l’austérité, les offrandes au feu, l’étude des Veda et les oblations aux ancêtres.

Word by Word

• एकतः: on one side/one aspect
• एकतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एकतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिक्/पक्षवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘on one side/one way’)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जगत्)

• कर्म: ritual action/duty
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• काण्डे: in the (karma-)kāṇḍa section
• काण्डे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठितम्: is established/grounded
• प्रतिष्ठितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (विधेय)

• यज्ञदानतपोहोमैः: by sacrifices, gifts, austerities, and oblations
• यज्ञदानतपोहोमैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + दान + तपस् + होम (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (साधन/उपाय)

• स्वाध्यायैः: by self-study/recitation
• स्वाध्यायैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• पितृतर्पणैः: by offerings to the ancestors
• पितृतर्पणैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृतर्पण (प्रातिपदिक; पितृ + तर्पण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (contextual continuity; didactic framing of dharma practices in kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: ritual fires, a donor giving gifts, a sage in tapas, a student reciting Veda, and a householder offering water to ancestors—set against the luminous coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Dāna
• Tapaḥ
• Homa
• Svādhyāya
• Pitṛ-tarpaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through a spectrum of ritual and ethical actions—sacrifice, giving, austerity, study, and ancestral duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse is within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, though this verse focuses on general dharmic practices.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña (sacrifice), dāna (charity), tapaḥ (austerity), homa (oblations), svādhyāya (Vedic recitation), and pitṛ-tarpaṇa (ancestral offerings).