Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

तत्त्वायामीति मन्त्रेण वरुणं देवि पूजयेत् । इन्द्रासोमावत इति मन्त्रेण धनदं यजेत्

Transliteration

tattvāyāmīti mantreṇa varuṇaṃ devi pūjayet | indrāsomāvata iti mantreṇa dhanadaṃ yajet

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, “തത്ത്വായാമീതി” മന്ത്രത്തോടെ വരുണദേവനെ പൂജിക്കണം. “ഇന്ദ്രാസോമാവത…” മന്ത്രത്തോടെ ധനദൻ (കുബേരൻ) യജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• tattvāyāmi: “tattvāyāmi” (mantra words)
• tattvāyāmi: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tattva + āyāmi (मन्त्रपद)
• Form: मन्त्र-उद्धरणपद (quoted mantra segment); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• mantreṇa: with the mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• varuṇam: Varuṇa
• varuṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• pūjayet: one should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• indrā-somā-vataḥ: “indrāsomāvataḥ” (mantra words)
• indrā-somā-vataḥ: Sambandha (Mantra-quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: indra + soma + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मन्त्र-उद्धरणपद; द्वन्द्वसमास (इन्द्र-सोम) + वत्-प्रत्यय; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (quoted mantra form)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• mantreṇa: with the mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• dhanadam: Dhanada (Kubera)
• dhanadam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Kubera)

• yajet: one should worship/sacrifice to
• yajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (यज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual pavilion at Prabhāsa: the sādhaka offers water and flowers while reciting Vedic ṛks; Varuṇa is envisioned with pāśa and water-vessel, Kubera as Dhanada with treasure-pot, both receiving offerings in a tīrtha setting near the sea/river-mouth.

Characters & Entities

• Varuṇa
• Dhanada (Kubera)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage worship includes honoring dharmic guardians—Varuṇa as cosmic order and Kubera as righteous prosperity—through mantra and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a complete sacred polity where multiple divine offices are worshiped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Varuṇa and yajana of Dhanada (Kubera) using the specified mantra incipits.