Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अग्न्यगाराणि विप्राणां देवतायतनानि च । यद्गोमयेन शुद्ध्यंति किंभूतमधिकं ततः

Transliteration

agnyagārāṇi viprāṇāṃ devatāyatanāni ca | yadgomayena śuddhyaṃti kiṃbhūtamadhikaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Apabila rumah api (agnyāgāra) para brāhmaṇa dan juga tempat suci para dewa disucikan dengan tahi lembu, apakah lagi yang lebih luhur daripada itu?

Word by Word

• अग्न्यगाराणि: fire-houses; kitchens/sacrificial fire-sheds
• अग्न्यगाराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अग्नेः आगाराणि)

• विप्राणाम्: of the Brahmins
• विप्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• देवतायतनानि: temples/shrines of deities
• देवतायतनानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक) + आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवतायाः आयतनानि)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• गोमयेन: with cow-dung
• गोमयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शुद्ध्यन्ति: become purified
• शुद्ध्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• किंभूतम्: of what kind?
• किंभूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किंभूत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण

• अधिकम्: greater; more
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; तुलनाबोधक

• ततः: than that; from that
• ततः: Apadana/Comparison (Source/तुलना-अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/तुलनार्थक (from that/than that)

Speaker

Āpastamba (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa’s agni-śālā and a temple courtyard are being ritually purified with cow-dung plaster; priests sprinkle water, lamps burn steadily, the space becomes luminous and orderly.

Characters & Entities

• Āpastamba
• Vipra (Brahmin)
• Devatāyatanāni (temples)
• Gomaya (cow-dung)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity in dharma is upheld through sanctifying substances; the cow is revered as a source of ritual and spiritual cleansing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, aligning local sacredness with pan-Indic purity codes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ritual purification (śuddhi) of sacred spaces using gomaya (cow-dung).