Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

प्राप्य स्वभवनं देवानाजुहाव सवासवान् । अहं यियक्षुर्यूयं मे यज्ञसाहाय्यकारिणः

Transliteration

prāpya svabhavanaṃ devānājuhāva savāsavān | ahaṃ yiyakṣuryūyaṃ me yajñasāhāyyakāriṇaḥ

Translation

സ്വഭവനത്തിലെത്തി വാസവൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) സഹിതം ദേവന്മാരെ വിളിച്ചു പറഞ്ഞു—‘ഞാൻ യജ്ഞം ചെയ്യാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു; നിങ്ങൾ എന്റെ യജ്ഞസഹായകരാകുക.’

Word by Word

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); ‘having reached’

• स्वभवनम्: his own abode
• स्वभवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (स्वं भवनम्)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• आजुहाव: summoned, called
• आजुहाव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + हु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सवासवान्: together with the Vasus/with Indra’s group
• सवासवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः/सह-समासार्थः (वासवैः सह)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यियक्षुः: desiring to sacrifice
• यियक्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) + सन् (इच्छार्थक)
• Form: सन्नन्त-धातु (यियक्ष् = यष्टुम् इच्छति) से ‘यियक्षु’ (इच्छार्थक कृदन्त/वर्तमानकालिक इच्छुक-विशेषण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (enclitic)

• यज्ञसाहाय्यकारिणः: helpers in (my) sacrifice
• यज्ञसाहाय्यकारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + साहाय्य + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य साहाय्यं कुर्वन्ति)

Speaker

Narrator (Skanda-to-Agastya frame implied; reporting Dakṣa’s summons)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa returns home and convenes the gods; Indra (Vāsava) stands prominent; Dakṣa announces his intention to perform a yajña and appoints the gods as assistants—an assembly scene with ritual anticipation.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Devas
• Indra (Vāsava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power depends on right intention; yajña is meant to uphold dharma, not to serve pride or rivalry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the stage for the Dakṣa-yajña episode within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yajña is announced, with the devas asked to serve as helpers—an outline of sacrificial organization, not a detailed procedure.