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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

मंडलं ब्राह्मणं तत्र प्रीतकारि च यत्पुनः । विप्राणामात्मनश्चैव तत्सर्वं समुदीरयेत्

maṃḍalaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ tatra prītakāri ca yatpunaḥ | viprāṇāmātmanaścaiva tatsarvaṃ samudīrayet

Di sana hendaklah juga dibacakan Maṇḍala dan petikan-petikan Brāhmaṇa dengan tertib; dan apa jua lagi yang mendatangkan sukacita—bagi para brāhmaṇa dan bagi diri sendiri—hendaklah dilafazkan semuanya.

मण्डलम्the Maṇḍala (section/cycle)
मण्डलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
ब्राह्मणम्the Brāhmaṇa (text/section)
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
प्रीति-कारिpleasing; causing delight
प्रीति-कारि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (प्रीतिं करोति इति)
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma (Object—correlative/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
पुनःagain; moreover
पुनः:
Sambandha (Adverb/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्यवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
विप्राणाम्of the Brahmins
विप्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object determiner/कर्म-निर्देशक)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक (demonstrative)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
समुदीरयेत्should recite/utter (aloud)
समुदीरयेत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उद्-ईर् (धातु) → समुदीरय (णिच्)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (rite sequence)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A ritual platform by the water with manuscripts and offerings; brāhmaṇas seated receiving honor while the performer recites; a sense of orderly sequence—maṇḍala then brāhmaṇa passages—followed by additional pleasing hymns.

B
Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

A rite is perfected by respectful Vedic recitation and by actions that satisfy learned Brāhmaṇas, uniting personal merit with communal dharma.

Goṣpada Tīrtha within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

To recite Maṇḍala/Brāhmaṇa portions and any additional pleasing recitations, oriented to the satisfaction of Brāhmaṇas and the performer.