Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मण उवाच । यदि देवाः प्रसन्ना मे कूपान्निष्कमणे त्वहम् । यष्टा स्वं मंदिरं गत्वा देवयज्ञं करोम्यहम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇa uvāca | yadi devāḥ prasannā me kūpānniṣkamaṇe tvaham | yaṣṭā svaṃ maṃdiraṃ gatvā devayajñaṃ karomyaham

Translation

ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ദേവന്മാർ എനിക്കു പ്രസന്നരായാൽ, ഞാൻ ഈ കിണറ്റിൽ നിന്നു പുറത്തുവരാൻ കഴിയട്ടെ. എന്റെ വീട്ടിലേക്കു പോയി ഞാൻ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദേവയജ്ഞം നടത്തും.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणः: the brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person, Singular

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धक-अव्यय; conditional conjunction ‘if’

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रसन्नाः: pleased
• प्रसन्नाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; adjective agreeing with ‘देवाः’: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मे: with me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (enclitic); here षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध): ‘of me’; Pronoun, Genitive, Singular

• कूपात्: from the well
• कूपात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular

• निष्कमणे: upon (my) coming out
• निष्कमणे: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कमण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘at the time/act of coming out’

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; particle

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• यष्टा: (I) will perform sacrifice
• यष्टा: Karta (Intended agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कृदन्त (तृन्/तार्-प्रत्यय; agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘one who will sacrifice’ (future agent)

• स्वम्: own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘मन्दिरम्’: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मन्दिरम्: house, temple
• मन्दिरम्: Karma (Goal as object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय; Absolutive (gerund): ‘having gone’

• देवयज्ञम्: a sacrifice for the gods
• देवयज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘देवानां यज्ञः’/‘देवाय यज्ञः’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• करोमि: I do, I perform
• करोमि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present, 1st person, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Singular (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tritakūpa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed brāhmaṇa inside a stone-lined well, hands raised in supplication, vowing to perform deva-yajña upon release; above, unseen devas implied by light and lotus motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• devatāḥ
• kūpa (well)
• deva-yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A boon is sought not for indulgence but to restore dharmic life—freedom to continue proper worship and sacrificial duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred well-site in Prabhāsakṣetra that becomes associated with divine intervention and later tīrtha merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A commitment to perform deva-yajña (sacrifice for the gods) after being rescued—linking divine grace with renewed ritual obligation.