Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

महामन्त्रं जपेत्क्षिप्रं दशांशं होमयेत्सुधीः । होमेन सिद्ध्यते मन्त्रः सत्यं सत्यं वरानने

Transliteration

mahāmantraṃ japetkṣipraṃ daśāṃśaṃ homayetsudhīḥ | homena siddhyate mantraḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ varānane

Translation

Hendaklah orang bijaksana segera melafazkan mantra agung, lalu mempersembahkan sepersepuluhnya sebagai homa. Dengan homa, mantra menjadi sempurna—benar, benar, wahai yang berwajah elok.

Word by Word

• महामन्त्रम्: the great mantra
• महामन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मन्त्रः) — Masculine, Accusative singular

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष? (न), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् — Optative, 2nd person singular (you should recite)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय — adverb

• दशांशम्: a tenth part (as offering)
• दशांशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दशानाम् अंशः = दशमांशः) — Masculine, Accusative singular

• होमयेत्: should offer in fire / perform homa
• होमयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (धातु) (होमयति—णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) — Optative, 2nd person singular

• सुधीः: the wise person
• सुधीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + धी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-धीः = उत्तमबुद्धिः) — Masculine, Nominative singular

• होमेन: by the homa
• होमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental singular

• सिद्ध्यते: is accomplished/becomes effective
• सिद्ध्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे — Present, 3rd person singular, middle/passive sense

• मन्त्रः: the mantra
• मन्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Asseveration/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक-एकवचन-आकारान्तं, वाक्ये निपातार्थे (प्रमाण/निश्चयार्थे) — used as asseverative (indeed/truly)

• सत्यम्: truly (indeed)
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Asseveration/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-निश्चयार्थक-निपातवत् — repeated asseverative

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननम् यस्याः) — Feminine, Vocative singular

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara/Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Mahādevī (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined sādhaka seated near a sacred precinct performs rapid japa, then tends a small homa-kuṇḍa with measured oblations, the fire rising steady as mantra-siddhi is affirmed.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāmantra
• Japa
• Homa
• Varānanā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra practice is completed by disciplined ritual follow-through: japa supported by homa leads to mantra-siddhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya context, tied to worship in the Prabhāsa tīrtha-region (not naming a new site in this verse).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform japa of a mahāmantra and then do a daśāṃśa (one-tenth) homa as its ritual completion for mantra-siddhi.