Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नष्टयज्ञोत्सवे काले शून्ये च वसुधातले । ऊर्द्ध्वबाहुभिराक्रांतं परिपूर्णं त्रिविष्टपम्

Transliteration

naṣṭayajñotsave kāle śūnye ca vasudhātale | ūrddhvabāhubhirākrāṃtaṃ paripūrṇaṃ triviṣṭapam

Translation

യജ്ഞോത്സവങ്ങളുടെ കാലം നശിച്ച് ഭൂമിതലം ശൂന്യമായപ്പോൾ, ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം (സ്വർഗ്ഗം) കൈകൾ ഉയർത്തി ആഹ്ലാദിക്കുന്ന ജനസമൂഹങ്ങളാൽ ആക്രാന്തമായി നിറഞ്ഞു കവിഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• naṣṭa-yajña-utsave: at the time when the sacrificial festival had perished/ceased
• naṣṭa-yajña-utsave: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naṣṭa (नष्ट; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘नष्टः यज्ञोत्सवः यस्मिन्’ इत्यर्थे (locative of time/occasion)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śūnye: empty
• śūnye: Adhikarana (Location-Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण वसुधातले इत्यस्य

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

• vasudhā-tale: on the surface of the earth
• vasudhā-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण (place)

• ūrddhva-bāhubhiḥ: with upraised arms
• ūrddhva-bāhubhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrddhva (प्रातिपदिक) + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; करण (instrument/means)

• ākrāntam: overrun/occupied
• ākrāntam: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + kram (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण त्रिविष्टपम् इत्यस्य

• paripūrṇam: completely filled
• paripūrṇam: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + pṝ (धातु) / paripūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण त्रिविष्टपम् इत्यस्य

• triviṣṭapam: the three-heaven world (svarga)
• triviṣṭapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + viṣṭapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (object)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Earth appears quiet with extinguished yajña fires; simultaneously, Triviṣṭapa is packed with newly arrived souls, arms raised in jubilant acclaim, as if celebrating the unexpected ease of ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Triviṣṭapa (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s merit is portrayed as so abundant that it populates heaven even when ritual culture wanes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña-utsava (sacrificial festivals) are mentioned as having disappeared; no new prescription is stated.