Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततो भागार्थिनो देवा इन्द्राद्यास्तत्र चागताः । ऋषयो भागकामास्तु सर्वे तत्र समागताः

Transliteration

tato bhāgārthino devā indrādyāstatra cāgatāḥ | ṛṣayo bhāgakāmāstu sarve tatra samāgatāḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് തങ്ങളുടെ തങ്ങളുടെ ഭാഗം തേടി ഇന്ദ്രാദി ദേവന്മാർ അവിടെ വന്നു; ഭാഗം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച എല്ലാ ഋഷിമാരും അവിടെ ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂടി।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• bhāga-arthinaḥ: seeking a share
• bhāga-arthinaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-भाव): ‘भागस्य अर्थी’ (desirous of a share); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• indrādyāḥ: Indra and the others
• indrādyāḥ: Apposition (Samanadhikarana/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (आदि-समास): ‘इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्’ (Indra and others); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of place): ‘there’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• āgatāḥ: came, arrived
• āgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle): ‘आगत’ (having come); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भावे, कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विशेषणवत्

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• bhāga-kāmāḥ: desiring a share
• bhāga-kāmāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘भागं कामयन्ते’/‘भागस्य कामाः’ (desirous of a share); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): contrast/emphasis ‘but/indeed’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place): ‘there’

• samāgatāḥ: assembled, gathered
• samāgatāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle): ‘समागत’ (assembled/come together); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa yajña-sthala (assembly locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly: Indra with vajra, other devas in jeweled attire, and rows of sages with matted hair and kamandalu converge on a coastal yajña-śālā; the fire altar glows at center.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yajña is a cosmic, communal act: gods and sages participate through their ordained ‘shares,’ reflecting ordered dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The gathering occurs at Brahmā’s yajña-site within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred zone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The concept of bhāga (allotted sacrificial portions) is indicated, implying formal yajña distribution to devas and ṛṣis.