Shloka 50 - Adhyaya 207 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Marathi | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगं कुरुते योऽग्रजे स्थिते । परिवेत्ता स विज्ञेयः परिवित्तिस्तु पूर्वजः

Transliteration

dārāgnihotrasaṃyogaṃ kurute yo'graje sthite | parivettā sa vijñeyaḥ parivittistu pūrvajaḥ

Translation

मोठा भाऊ अविवाहित असताना जो विवाह करून अग्निहोत्रयुक्त गृहस्थाश्रमात प्रवेश करतो, तो ‘परिवेत्ता’ होय; आणि मोठा भाऊ ‘परिवित्ति’ म्हणून ओळखला जातो।

Word by Word

दाराग्निहोत्रसंयोगम्the union of marriage and agnihotra (household rites)

कुरुतेdoes/undertakes

यःwho

अग्रजेwhen the elder brother

स्थितेbeing present/remaining (unmarried)

परिवेत्ताthe younger who marries before the elder (parivettā)

सःhe

विज्ञेयःis to be known (as)

परिवित्तिःthe elder brother who is passed over (parivitti)

तुbut/indeed

पूर्वजःthe elder (brother)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two brothers: the younger in wedding attire near a newly kindled household fire (Agnihotra), the elder standing aside with downcast gaze; elders and family observe, indicating social tension around order of saṃskāras.

Characters & Entities

Agnihotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma upholds social and familial order; even life-stage transitions like marriage and fire-rites have prescribed propriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharma for householders is articulated alongside sacred-place glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It names the younger brother marrying/undertaking Agnihotra before the elder as parivettā, and the elder as parivitti.