Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

सनत्कुमारसंयुक्ताः सदस्यास्तत्र वै कृताः । वस्त्रैराभरणैर्युक्ता मुकुटैरंगुलीयकैः

Transliteration

sanatkumārasaṃyuktāḥ sadasyāstatra vai kṛtāḥ | vastrairābharaṇairyuktā mukuṭairaṃgulīyakaiḥ

Translation

ત્યાં સનત્કુમાર સાથે સભાસદો નિમાયા; તેઓ વસ્ત્રો અને આભૂષણોથી, મુકુટો તથા અંગૂઠીઓથી શોભિત હતા।

Word by Word

• सनत्कुमारसंयुक्ताः: associated with Sanatkumāra
• सनत्कुमारसंयुक्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनत्कुमार (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (युज् धातु + क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सनत्कुमारैः संयुक्ताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त ‘संयुक्त’ (joined/associated)

• सदस्याः: the members (of the rite)
• सदस्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; यज्ञ-सदस्य (members/assistants in sacrifice)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृताः: were made/appointed
• कृताः: Predicate (कर्मणि-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थः—‘कृत/नियुक्त’ (made/appointed)

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• आभरणैः: with ornaments
• आभरणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• युक्ताः: adorned/endowed
• युक्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘युक्त’ (endowed/connected), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मुकुटैः: with crowns
• मुकुटैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अंगुलीयकैः: with rings
• अंगुलीयकैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंगुलीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘अङ्गुलीयक’ = ring

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly of ritual members stands with Sanatkumāra present; participants wear fine garments, ornaments, crowns, and rings, forming a ceremonial court around the yajña-space.

Characters & Entities

• Sanatkumāra
• sadasya (assembly members)
• mukuṭa (crown)
• aṅgulīyaka (ring)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual sacredness includes both inner purity and outer order, reflecting reverence toward the rite and the holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as hosting a majestic, well-ordered Vedic assembly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit injunction; it describes the constitution of the sadas (ritual assembly) and its ceremonial readiness.