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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

उपहूतोपहूतेन आगतेषु द्विजन्मसु । क्रियमाणे तथा भक्ष्ये दृष्ट्वा देवी क्रुधान्विता । उवाच देवी ब्रह्माणं सदोमध्ये तु मौनिनम्

Transliteration

upahūtopahūtena āgateṣu dvijanmasu | kriyamāṇe tathā bhakṣye dṛṣṭvā devī krudhānvitā | uvāca devī brahmāṇaṃ sadomadhye tu mauninam

Translation

招きと返礼の招きに応じて二度生まれの者たちが集い、食事の支度が進められていたとき、女神はそれを見て怒りに満たされた。集会堂のただ中で、沈黙して座す梵天に向かい、女神は言葉を発した。

Word by Word
उपहूतinvited
उपहूत:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउप-हू (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle; ‘invited/called’
उपहूतेनby the invited one
उपहूतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउप-हू (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental; ‘by the invited one’
आगतेषुwhen (they) had arrived
आगतेषु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative absolute with ‘dvijanmasu’; ‘when (they) had come’
द्विजन्मसुamong the twice-born
द्विजन्मसु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; locative; ‘among the twice-born (brahmins)’
क्रियमाणेwhile being prepared
क्रियमाणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण) (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) (कृदन्त-शानच्)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute with ‘bhakṣye’; ‘while being prepared’
तथाthus/also
तथा:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
भक्ष्येin the food
भक्ष्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative; ‘in/with the food (to be eaten)’
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया) (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having seen’
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन
क्रुधा-अन्विताfilled with anger
क्रुधा-अन्विता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/सह-भाव): ‘क्रुधया अन्विता’; स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying ‘devī’
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन (पुनरुक्त-कर्ता)
ब्रह्माणम्to Brahmā
ब्रह्माणम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन
सदोमध्येin the middle of the assembly
सदोमध्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसदस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘सदसः मध्ये’; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
मौनिनम्the silent sage
मौनिनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म) (विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to ‘brahmāṇam’
Speaker

Narrator (contextual); the next speaker introduced is Devī addressing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a grand sabhā: invited brāhmaṇas arrive in waves; food preparations underway; the Devī’s face hardens with righteous anger as she addresses silent Brahmā at the center.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī
B
Brahmā
D
dvija (twice-born)

FAQs

Even in sacred settings, social and ritual actions are subject to dharmic scrutiny; misconduct provokes divine correction.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the narrative setting, where ritual gatherings and their dharmic standards are highlighted.

A ritual assembly and meal (bhakṣya) connected with invited dvijas; the verse sets the scene rather than issuing a direct injunction.

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