Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते । आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः

Transliteration

agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate | ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ

Translation

ಅಗ್ನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದ ಆಹುತಿ ಆದಿತ್ಯನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ತಲುಪುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದಿತ್ಯನಿಂದ ವೃಷ್ಟಿ, ವೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಅನ್ನ, ಅನ್ನದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಜೆಗಳು (ಜೀವಿಗಳು) ವೃದ್ಧಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• अग्नौ: in fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• प्रास्ता: offered, cast (into)
• प्रास्ता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + अस्/अस्? (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) from √अस्/अस्यते?; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) आहुतिः-शब्दस्य; अर्थतः 'प्रक्षिप्ता/प्रक्षिप्त' (offered/placed)

• आहुतिः: oblation
• आहुतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• आदित्यम्: the Sun
• आदित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• उपतिष्ठते: approaches, reaches, attends upon
• उपतिष्ठते: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• आदित्याज्: from the Sun
• आदित्याज्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

• जायते: is born, arises
• जायते: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• वृष्टिः: rain
• वृष्टिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• वृष्टेः: of rain; from rain
• वृष्टेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• अन्नम्: food, grain
• अन्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• ततः: therefrom, then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)

• प्रजाः: creatures, people
• प्रजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

Speaker

Unspecified (Vedic-causal chain explaining yajña’s worldly welfare)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred fire-altar in Prabhāsa; priests offer āhuti as a golden solar disc above receives it; clouds gather, rain falls on fields; grain becomes food; people and animals flourish—shown as a single cyclical tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Āditya (Sun)
• Vṛṣṭi (rain)
• Anna (food)
• Prajāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right ritual action (yajña) is linked to cosmic order and social welfare—rain, food, and flourishing life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Vedic-Śaiva ritual is praised as sustaining the world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer āhutis correctly into Agni (properly performed yajña).