Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

श्मशानेष्वपि तेजस्वी पावको नैव दुष्यति । हूयमानश्च यज्ञेषु भूय एवाभिवर्द्धते

Transliteration

śmaśāneṣvapi tejasvī pāvako naiva duṣyati | hūyamānaśca yajñeṣu bhūya evābhivarddhate

Translation

សូម្បីនៅទីបូជាសព ក៏ភ្លើងដ៏ភ្លឺរលោងមិនសៅហ្មងឡើយ; ហើយពេលចាក់ទានក្នុងយញ្ញ ព្រះអគ្គិនោះកាន់តែរីកចម្រើនឡើងទៀត។

Word by Word

• श्मशानेषु: in cremation grounds
• श्मशानेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (locative plural)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) — ‘even’

• तेजस्वी: radiant
• तेजस्वी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पावकः इति विशेषणम्

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphasis)

• दुष्यति: becomes tainted/impure
• दुष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हूयमानः: being offered (as oblation)
• हूयमानः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु) + यमान (शानच्/मान)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद-प्रायः ‘मान’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पावकः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; ‘being offered (into fire)’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• भूयः: more
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘more, again, rather’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphasis)

• अभिवर्द्धते: increases, grows
• अभिवर्द्धते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Yajña
• Śmaśāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sanctity is not polluted by impure surroundings; rather, sacred power purifies and grows through right offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual), where dharma is taught through illustrative analogies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to homa/yajña: making offerings into fire, which is said to increase thereby.