Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अहमीड्यश्च पूज्यश्च सर्वयज्ञैर्द्विजोत्तमैः । मयि यज्ञा विधातव्या मयि होतव्यमित्यपि

Transliteration

ahamīḍyaśca pūjyaśca sarvayajñairdvijottamaiḥ | mayi yajñā vidhātavyā mayi hotavyamityapi

Translation

അവൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചു—‘എല്ലാ യാഗങ്ങളിലും ദ്വിജോത്തമർ എന്നെയേ സ്തുതിക്കുകയും പൂജിക്കുകയും വേണം; എനിക്കായി യാഗങ്ങൾ സ്ഥാപിക്കണം, എനിക്കേ ഹവിസ് അർപ്പിക്കണം.’

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• īḍyaḥ: praiseworthy
• īḍyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īḍya (ईड्य प्रातिपदिक; √īḍ/īḍh ‘to praise’)
• Form: कृदन्त/विशेषण (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ ‘praiseworthy’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (पूज्य प्रातिपदिक; √pūj ‘to honor’)
• Form: कृदन्त/विशेषण (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ ‘worthy of worship’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• sarva-yajñaiḥ: by all sacrifices
• sarva-yajñaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + yajña (यज्ञ)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (‘all sacrifices’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• dvijottamaiḥ: by the best Brahmins
• dvijottamaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (द्विज) + uttama (उत्तम)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘best among the twice-born’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• yajñāḥ: sacrifices
• yajñāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (यज्ञ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• vidhātavyāḥ: are to be performed
• vidhātavyāḥ: Kriya (Predicate obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-dhā (वि-धा धातु) + tavya (तव्य प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/तव्य), कर्मणि-भावे विधेय; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (agreeing with ‘yajñāḥ’: ‘are to be arranged/performed’)

• mayi: in me
• mayi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hotavyam: to be offered (as oblation)
• hotavyam: Kriya (Predicate obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (हु धातु) + tavya (तव्य प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/तव्य), कर्मणि-भावे विधेय; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (impersonal: ‘oblation is to be offered’)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

Speaker

King Vena (as reported by the narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king sits on a high throne demanding worship; brahmins stand conflicted with ladles and offerings, while a true deity’s shrine (Somnātha) glows in the distance, ignored by the arrogant ruler.

Characters & Entities

• Vena
• Dvijottama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-deification and the diversion of worship from the divine order is depicted as a grave distortion of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame, though the verse itself focuses on Vena’s impiety.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña and offering (homa/oblations) are mentioned—here as being wrongly redirected toward the king.