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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

स पुनर्देहमास्थाय जीवन्स्म प्रत्यदृश्यत । ततो वातापिरपि तं छागं कृत्वा सुसंस्कृतम् । ब्राह्मणं भोजयित्वा तु पुनरेव समाह्वयत्

Transliteration

sa punardehamāsthāya jīvansma pratyadṛśyata | tato vātāpirapi taṃ chāgaṃ kṛtvā susaṃskṛtam | brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayitvā tu punareva samāhvayat

Translation

彼は再び肉体を得て、生きている姿を見せた。そしてヴァータピもまた、よく調理された山羊となり、バラモンに食事を与えた後、再び呼び戻された。

Word by Word
सhe
स:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्ति-बोधक-अव्यय (adverb)
देहम्a body
देहम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आस्थायhaving assumed
आस्थाय:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having assumed/taken’
जीवन्living; alive
जीवन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√जीव् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘while living’
स्मindeed (particle)
स्म:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (अव्यय)
Formस्म-निपातः (past/recitative particle)
प्रत्यदृश्यतappeared
प्रत्यदृश्यत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-√दृश् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; ‘appeared/was seen’
ततःthen
ततः:
Apadana/Sequence (Source/Then)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय
वातापिःVātāpi
वातापिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवातापि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
छागम्a goat
छागम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootछाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving made (him into)
कृत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having made’
सुसंस्कृतम्well-prepared
सुसंस्कृतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-सम्-√कृ (धातु) → सुसंस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-prepared/seasoned’ (छागम् विशेषयति)
ब्राह्मणम्a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भोजयित्वाhaving fed
भोजयित्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु) [णिच्]
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (causative gerund); ‘having fed’
तुthen; indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेष-निपात (but/indeed)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्ति-बोधक-अव्यय
एवjust
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात
समाह्वयत्called (him)
समाह्वयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√ह्वे/√ह्वा (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘called/invoked’
Speaker

Narrator (within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: प्रभासक्षेत्र

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: देवी (उमा/पार्वती) — ‘देवि’ सम्बोधनानुसार

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ilvala’s deception: Vātāpi assumes the form of a well-cooked goat offered as food; a brāhmaṇa is fed, while the asura’s trick is set in motion—ominous calm before violence.

Characters & Entities
V
Vātāpi
B
Brāhmaṇa
I
Ilvala (implied summoner)

FAQs

The verse depicts repeated deception against the righteous, underscoring why discernment and divine protection are essential in Kali-like conduct.

The surrounding chapter belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, situating the episode within Prabhāsa’s sacred landscape.

Bhojana (feeding) is mentioned, but as a narrative element; the dharmic ideal is implied—hospitality must be free of हिंसा (violence) and deceit.

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