Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

वैश्वदेवादिकं कर्म ततः कुर्याद्वरानने । बहुहव्येन्धने चाग्नौ सुसमिद्धे विशेषतः

Transliteration

vaiśvadevādikaṃ karma tataḥ kuryādvarānane | bahuhavyendhane cāgnau susamiddhe viśeṣataḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ വരാനനേ, വൈശ്വദേവാദി കർമങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യണം—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ധാരാളം ആഹുതികളും ഇന്ധനവും കൊണ്ട് അഗ്നി നന്നായി ജ്വലിക്കുമ്പോൾ।

Word by Word

• vaiśvadeva-ādikam: beginning with the Vaiśvadeva rite
• vaiśvadeva-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaiśvadeva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (निर्धारण/विशेषण-प्रधान): ‘वैश्वदेवम् आदिः यस्य’ → ‘वैश्वदेवादिकम्’

• karma: ritual act, rite
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/from that’

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vara-ānane: O fair-faced one
• vara-ānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय: ‘वरम् आननं यस्याः’

• bahu-havya-indhane: in (a fire) with fuel fit for many oblations
• bahu-havya-indhane: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + havya (प्रातिपदिक) + indhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: ‘बहु हव्यं (आहुतिद्रव्यं) यस्मिन् इन्धने’

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

• agnau: in the fire
• agnau: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• su-samiddhe: when well-kindled
• su-samiddhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sam-idh (धातु) → samiddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘समिद्ध’ = well-kindled; ‘सु-’ उपसर्गार्थे (intensifier)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): ‘especially’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā/Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright, well-fed sacred fire with tall, clean flames; the officiant begins Vaiśvadeva offerings after completing śrāddha; heaps of dry samidh and a ghee ladle are visible; the addressed lady (Varānanā) stands respectfully nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśvadeva
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual success is supported by right sequence and a properly kindled sacred fire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where correct performance of rites is praised as part of the kṣetra’s dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Vaiśvadeva and allied rites after the preceding acts, using a well-kindled fire with sufficient fuel and oblations.