Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । ऋत्विग्भिरहमाज्ञप्तो दीक्षा कालोऽतिवर्तते । पत्नीं विना न होमोत्र शीघ्रं पत्नीमिहानय

Transliteration

brahmovāca | ṛtvigbhirahamājñapto dīkṣā kālo'tivartate | patnīṃ vinā na homotra śīghraṃ patnīmihānaya

Translation

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಋತ್ವಿಜರು ನನಗೆ ಆಜ್ಞಾಪಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ; ದೀಕ್ಷಾಕಾಲವು ಕಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಪತ್ನಿಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಮ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ; ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಪತ್ನಿಯನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತಂದುಕೊ।

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech act/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ṛtvigbhiḥ: by the priests
• ṛtvigbhiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛtvij (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ājñaptaḥ: commanded, instructed
• ājñaptaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + jñap (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• dīkṣā: initiation, consecration
• dīkṣā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kālaḥ: time
• kālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ativartate: passes by, is elapsing
• ativartate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati + vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• patnīm: wife
• patnīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vinā: without
• vinā: Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक/वियोगार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like: without)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• homaḥ: homa, fire-offering
• homaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: homa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• utra: here/indeed (particle)
• utra: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: utra (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पादपूरण-अव्यय (particle; often ‘utra/atra’ sense)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb)

• patnīm: wife
• patnīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• ānaya: bring
• ānaya: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + nī (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (addressed to an agent/attendant tasked with bringing the wife; implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā in a yajña-śālā, surrounded by ṛtviks, fire-altar blazing; he gestures urgently, indicating the consecration time is slipping and the wife must be brought for the homa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Ṛtvij (priests)
• Homa
• Dīkṣā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action (yajña/homa) is bound to dharmic procedure; haste in rites is discouraged when essential requirements are missing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger frame is the glory of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, though this verse focuses on yajña protocol within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa (fire-offering) is stated to be improper/invalid without the presence of the patnī (wife) for the sacrificer.