Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततोऽश्वैर्जवनैयुर्क्तं रथं हेमविभूषितम् । आस्थाय सह पत्न्या च प्रभासं क्षेत्रमेयिवान्

Transliteration

tato'śvairjavanaiyurktaṃ rathaṃ hemavibhūṣitam | āsthāya saha patnyā ca prabhāsaṃ kṣetrameyivān

Translation

പിന്നീട് വേഗമേറിയ കുതിരകൾ ചേർത്തും സ്വർണാഭരണങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിച്ചും ഉള്ള രഥത്തിൽ കയറി—പത്നിയോടുകൂടെ—പ്രഭാസത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb), क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जवनैः: swift
• जवनैः: Visheshana (Qualifier of अश्वैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• युक्तम्: yoked, harnessed
• युक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of रथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma (Object of आस्थाय/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हेमविभूषितम्: adorned with gold
• हेमविभूषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of रथम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम (प्रातिपदिक) + विभूषित (वि+भूष् धातु → कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gold-adorned), कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आस्थाय: having mounted
• आस्थाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आस् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having mounted/ascended’

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Preposition-like), सहार्थक (with)

• पत्न्या: with (his) wife
• पत्न्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Goal as object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred field, holy place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Apposition to प्रभासम्/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एयिवान्: went, arrived
• एयिवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु) → एयिवस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिपूर्ण-भूतार्थक कृदन्त (Perfect participle/लिट्-सम्बद्ध), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king mounts a gold-adorned chariot yoked with swift horses and departs with his wife toward Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly power is best directed toward dharma—using resources to reach a tīrtha and seek sacred confirmation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the destination of the yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse narrates the commencement of pilgrimage travel.