Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यथोक्तमासनं भेजुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय शक्रः प्रोवाच तं मुनिम्

Transliteration

yathoktamāsanaṃ bhejuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya śakraḥ provāca taṃ munim

Translation

ເທວະທັງປວງ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍວາສະວະ (ອິນທຣະ) ໄດ້ນັ່ງລົງຕາມທີ່ຖືກກ່າວໄວ້. ແລ້ວຊັກຣະ ລຸກຂຶ້ນກາງພວກເຂົາ ແລະເວົ້າກັບມຸນີນັ້ນ।

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'as')

• उक्तम्: said/mentioned
• उक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (Past passive participle; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• भेजुः: took/occupied
• भेजुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• सवासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; 'स-' उपपदपूर्वक (with Indra) (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural; pronoun)

• मध्ये: in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• मुनिम्: sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Īśvara/Śiva continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, with Indra among them, sit in an orderly circle as instructed by the sage; Indra rises from the midst to speak, hands joined in respectful address.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Śakra
• Muni (Dadhīci)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the gods approach a tapasvī with humility and order, showing reverence for ascetic power and dharmic protocol.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a supremely sanctifying sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse sets a formal assembly scene preceding a dharmic request.