Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

यष्टव्यं विविधैर्यज्ञैर्ध्येयो नारायणो हरिः । प्रसंगेन समायातो यास्ये रैवतके गिरौ

Transliteration

yaṣṭavyaṃ vividhairyajñairdhyeyo nārāyaṇo hariḥ | prasaṃgena samāyāto yāsye raivatake girau

Translation

Qu’on accomplisse des sacrifices de diverses sortes, et qu’on médite sur Nārāyaṇa Hari. Étant venu ici par une heureuse circonstance, j’irai au mont Raivataka.

Word by Word

• यष्टव्यम्: should be performed (as sacrifice)
• यष्टव्यम्: Karya (Obligation/कार्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भाव्य/अनियत-कर्तृक) — तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्थः ‘यष्टुम् अर्हम्/कर्तव्यम्’ (to be sacrificed/should be performed)

• विविधैः: by various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (by various)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन (by sacrifices)

• ध्येयः: to be meditated upon
• ध्येयः: Karya (Obligation/कार्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; ध्येय (यत्-प्रत्ययान्त, gerundive/fit-to-be-meditated), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; नारायणस्य विशेषण/समनाम

• प्रसङ्गेन: incidentally; by occasion
• प्रसङ्गेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/हेतु), एकवचन (by occasion/incidentally)

• समायातः: having arrived
• समायातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘समायात’ = arrived/come

• यास्ये: I shall go
• यास्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I shall go’

• रैवतके: on Raivataka
• रैवतके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; गिरौ इति विशेष्ये

• गिरौ: on the mountain
• गिरौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context indicates a narrator/teacher continuing instruction; immediate next verse shows Bali speaking, so this is likely addressed to Bali by an unnamed interlocutor in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka-giri

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim resolves to depart: in the foreground a small yajña fire burns with offerings; above, a luminous Nārāyaṇa form is visualized in meditation; in the distance rises Raivataka mountain with winding path and pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Hari
• Raivataka (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer rites (yajña) and inner contemplation (dhyāna of Nārāyaṇa) together sanctify one’s journey through holy landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Raivataka is named as a sacred destination within the Prabhāsa region’s māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of various yajñas and meditation on Nārāyaṇa (Hari) are prescribed.