Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रेण संप्राप्तं बहुव्याधजनाग्रतः । अश्वाधिरूढो बलवान्भोजराजो ययौ स्वयम्

Transliteration

ahorātreṇa saṃprāptaṃ bahuvyādhajanāgrataḥ | aśvādhirūḍho balavānbhojarājo yayau svayam

Translation

En l’espace d’un seul jour et d’une seule nuit, avec de nombreux chasseurs en tête, le puissant roi Bhoja partit lui-même à cheval.

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रेण: within a day and night
• अहोरात्रेण: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहः (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (day-and-night)

• संप्राप्तम्: having arrived / arrived
• संप्राप्तम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (absolutive sense: 'having arrived/arrived')

• बहुव्याधजन: many hunters (people)
• बहुव्याधजन: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याध (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समास (many-hunters-people = many hunters)

• अग्रतः: in front, ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in front of')

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समास-पूर्वपद

• अधिरूढः: mounted (upon)
• अधिरूढः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'भोजराजः' इति विशेषण

• बलवान्: strong, powerful
• बलवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'भोजराजः' इति विशेषण

• भोजराजः: the Bhoja king
• भोजराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (king of the Bhojas)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः (indeclinable: 'oneself')

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful king rides out swiftly, hunters massed ahead, the journey compressed into a day and night—dust, urgency, and the pull of the forested sacred mountain ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Bhojarāja
• vyādha (hunters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even royal initiative and speed unfold within the larger destiny of a sacred place, where extraordinary revelations become possible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the king’s swift departure and entourage.