Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 150

Devanagari script

आज्यदोहाद्यदोहेति ज्येष्ठसाम्नोऽपि लक्षणम्

Transliteration

ājyadohādyadoheti jyeṣṭhasāmno'pi lakṣaṇam

Translation

‘ആജ്യദോഹാദ്യദോഹേ’—ഇതും ജ്യേഷ്ഠ-സാമന്റെ ഒരു ലക്ഷണമെന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• ājyadohāt: from (the phrase) 'ājyadoha'
• ājyadohāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya-doha (आज्यदोह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सम्भव): 'आज्यस्य दोहः'; पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative/source)

• ādya-doha: the 'first doha' (as a quoted term)
• ādya-doha: Sambandha (Quoted item/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādya (आद्य प्रातिपदिक) + doha (दोह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास: 'आद्यः दोहः'; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (उद्धृत-शब्दरूपे)

• iti: thus, as (called)
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• jyeṣṭha-sāmnaḥ: of the Jyeṣṭha Sāman
• jyeṣṭha-sāmnaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ प्रातिपदिक) + sāman (सामन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-सम्भव): 'ज्येष्ठं साम'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामन्), षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (inclusion/emphasis particle)

• lakṣaṇam: a characteristic/mark
• lakṣaṇam: Kriyāviśeṣya (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣaṇa (लक्षण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A palm-leaf manuscript open to Sāma notation; a teacher points to the phrase ‘Ājyadohādyadoha’ while students chant; Surya’s disc glows above, linking technical lakṣaṇa to divine origin.

Characters & Entities

• Jyeṣṭha-sāman
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authentic practice preserves identifying ‘lakṣaṇas’—traditional markers that keep recitation aligned with the received Vedic form.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recognition/usage of the specific marker-phrase ‘ājyadohādyadoha’ as part of the Jyeṣṭha-sāman’s proper form.