Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

मौनेन नियमेनैव महामंत्रजपान्वितः । पूजयेच्च हिरण्येशं क्षेत्रपालं प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

maunena niyamenaiva mahāmaṃtrajapānvitaḥ | pūjayecca hiraṇyeśaṃ kṣetrapālaṃ prayatnataḥ

Translation

മൗനവും നിയമാനുഷ്ഠാനവും പാലിച്ച്, മഹാമന്ത്രജപത്തിൽ ലീനനായി, പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ ക്ഷേത്രപാലനായ ഹിരണ്യേശനെ പൂജിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• मौनेन: by silence
• मौनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; करणत्वे

• नियमेन: by observance/discipline
• नियमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• महामन्त्रजपान्वितः: endowed with the japa of the great mantra
• महामन्त्रजपान्वितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामन्त्र + जप + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying the doer)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘should worship’

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

• हिरण्येशम्: Hiraṇyeśa (Lord Hiraṇya)
• हिरण्येशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्येश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• क्षेत्रपालम्: the guardian of the sacred field
• क्षेत्रपालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म; हिरण्येशस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort/diligently
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्नतः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb) — manner

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hiraṇyeśa (kṣetrapāla) at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sādhaka in mauna stands before Hiraṇyeśa, the kṣetrapāla, offering worship with intense focus; the guardian is depicted as a Śaiva protective form with golden (‘hiraṇya’) radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇyeśa
• Kṣetrapāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner restraint (mauna), disciplined living (niyama), and mantra devotion make worship effective, especially in a consecrated kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the mention of a kṣetrapāla underscores the sanctity and protected nature of the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain silence and observances, perform great-mantra japa, and worship Hiraṇyeśa as the kṣetrapāla with earnest effort.