Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

नीलरुद्रमथर्वाणमथर्वा चोत्तरेऽजपत् । गर्भाधानादिकं सर्वं ततोऽग्नेरकरोद्विभुः

Transliteration

nīlarudramatharvāṇamatharvā cottare'japat | garbhādhānādikaṃ sarvaṃ tato'gnerakarodvibhuḥ

Translation

उत्तर दिशेस अथर्वा ऋत्विजाने नीलरुद्र व अन्य अथर्वण-मंत्रांचा जप केला. त्यानंतर त्या विभूने पवित्र अग्नीच्या साहाय्याने गर्भाधानादि सर्व संस्कार विधिपूर्वक केले।

Word by Word

• नीलरुद्रम्: Nīlarudra (hymn/text)
• नीलरुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक) + rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (नीलः रुद्रः) नामधेयम्

• अथर्वाणम्: Atharvan (text/formula)
• अथर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atharvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Atharvan (text)

• अथर्वा: the Atharvā (priest)
• अथर्वा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: atharvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; subject ‘Atharvā (priest/reciter)’

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

• उत्तरे: in the north
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative ‘in the north’

• अजपत्: recited
• अजपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गर्भाधानादिकम्: the rites beginning with garbhādhāna
• गर्भाधानादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garbhādhāna (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (गर्भाधान-आदि) ‘beginning with garbhādhāna’

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective qualifying garbhādhānādikam

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘thereafter/from that’

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive ‘of Agni / for Agni (in relation)’

• अकरोत्: performed
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘did/performed’

• विभुः: the mighty one
• विभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; epithet of the doer

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vedic altar in Prabhāsa; the Atharvan priest seated in the northern quarter recites Nīlarudra; flames rise as the officiant completes saṃskāras beginning with garbhādhāna in symbolic totality.

Characters & Entities

• Atharvan
• Nīlarudra
• Agni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred order extends from mantra to action: recitation culminates in fire-rites that consecrate and renew.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even complete saṃskāra-like ritual sequences are described as being performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Northern Atharvan recitation (including Nīlarudra) and subsequent performance of rites via Agni, starting with Garbhādhāna.