Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

शक्रश्च देवराजत्वे तत्रेष्ट्वा समवाप्तवान् । कार्त्तवीर्येण तत्रैव कृतं यज्ञशतं पुरा

Transliteration

śakraśca devarājatve tatreṣṭvā samavāptavān | kārttavīryeṇa tatraiva kṛtaṃ yajñaśataṃ purā

Translation

ശക്രനും അവിടെ യാഗം ചെയ്ത് ദേവരാജത്വം പ്രാപിച്ചു. പുരാതനകാലത്ത് കാർത്തവീര്യനും അതേ സ്ഥലത്ത് നൂറ് യാഗങ്ങൾ നടത്തി.

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• देवराजत्वे: in the status of king of the gods
• देवराजत्वे: Adhikarana (State/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-राजत्व (प्रातिपदिक; देव + राजत्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (देवानां राजत्वम्) — Locative: 'in kingship of the gods'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• इष्ट्वा: having performed sacrifice
• इष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु) → इष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); 'having sacrificed/worshipped'

• समवाप्तवान्: attained
• समवाप्तवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अव-आप् (धातु) → समवाप्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (perfect participle active); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having attained/obtained' (finite sense)

• कार्त्तवीर्येण: by Kārttavīrya
• कार्त्तवीर्येण: Karana/Agent (Instrument or agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• कृतम्: was performed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'was done' (agreeing with यज्ञशतम्)

• यज्ञशतम्: a hundred sacrifices
• यज्ञशतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-शत (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (शतं यज्ञाः)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/once)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Daśāśvamedha-pradeśa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) performs a radiant sacrifice at Prabhāsa and is crowned as devarāja; in a secondary vignette, Kārttavīrya’s royal yajña sequence is shown—rows of altars and priests, banners, and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kārttavīrya Arjuna
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse ties spiritual merit and rightful sovereignty to yajña performed at a sanctified kṣetra, showing dharma as the foundation of power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Daśāśvamedha/Aśvamedhika sacred area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, famed as a prime sacrificial site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of yajña (sacrifice) at the site is praised through exemplars: Indra and Kārttavīrya.