Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च मुनयो यजंते विविधैर्मखैः । यज्ञवाटं च निर्माय ऋषितोयातटे शुभे

Transliteration

ete cānye ca munayo yajaṃte vividhairmakhaiḥ | yajñavāṭaṃ ca nirmāya ṛṣitoyātaṭe śubhe

Translation

ഇവരും മറ്റു മുനിമാരും പലവിധ മഖയാഗങ്ങളാൽ യജനിക്കുന്നു. യജ്ഞവാടം നിർമ്മിച്ച് ശുഭമായ ഋഷിതോയാ നദീതീരത്ത് ആരാധിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'munayaḥ')

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

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यजन्ते: they perform worship/sacrifice
• यजन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'makhaiḥ')

• मखैः: sacrifices/rites
• मखैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• यज्ञवाटम्: sacrificial enclosure
• यज्ञवाटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + वाट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य वाटः)

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

• निर्माय: having built
• निर्माय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदम्; ‘निर्माय’ = ‘निर्मित्वा’ (having constructed)

• ऋषितोयातटे: on the bank of the sages’ water (holy pool/river)
• ऋषितोयातटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि + तोय + तट (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषः (ऋषीणां तोयस्य तटे/ऋषितोयातटः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'taṭe')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitoyā

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide yajña-vāṭa on a bright riverbank: altars laid with bricks, darbha spread, ṛtviks seated, smoke rising; sages in groups chanting while assistants prepare offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)
• Makha/Yajña
• Yajñavāṭa
• Ṛṣitoyā (river)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places thrive where disciplined ritual (yajña) is established; sacred rivers and their banks are portrayed as amplifiers of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The auspicious bank of the Ṛṣitoyā river within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where a yajñavāṭa is set up.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Constructing a yajñavāṭa (sacrificial enclosure) and performing various makhas (yajñas) at the sacred riverbank.