Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

सारस्वत उवाच । एवं विज्ञापितो देव्या देवदेवो महेश्वरः । ससर्ज सहसा रुद्रं दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया

Transliteration

sārasvata uvāca | evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devadevo maheśvaraḥ | sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā

Translation

Sārasvata dit : Ainsi averti par la Déesse, Maheśvara, Seigneur des dieux, fit aussitôt émaner Rudra, résolu à anéantir le sacrifice de Dakṣa.

Word by Word

• सारस्वतः: Sārasvata
• सारस्वतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• विज्ञापितः: informed/requested
• विज्ञापितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ज्ञापित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ज्ञा/ज्ञप् + णिच् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• देव्या: by the Goddess
• देव्या: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवदेवः: the god of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ससर्ज: created/sent forth
• ससर्ज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आकस्मिकतावाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (suddenly)

• रुद्रम्: Rudra
• रुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया: with the intent to kill/destroy Dakṣa’s sacrifice
• दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया: Hetu (Cause/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष-यज्ञ-जिघांसा (प्रातिपदिक; दक्ष + यज्ञ + जिघांसा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतुवाचक-तृतीया (instrumental of purpose/intent)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (frame) / Dakṣa-yajña (exemplum)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sārasvata narrates: upon Devī’s report, Maheśvara instantly creates/emanates Rudra, intent on slaying (jighāṃsā) Dakṣa’s yajña—an explosive moment of divine manifestation.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata
• Devī
• Maheśvara
• Rudra
• Dakṣa-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is violated through arrogance in ritual, Śiva’s power manifests to re-establish sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya, embedding pan-Indian myth within sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it narrates the divine response to an adharmic yajña.