Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

यमं संयमनेऽरीणां युयुजे मन्त्रणे मनुम् । मेघाश्छर्दंति लिंपंति द्रुमाः पुष्पाणि चिक्षिपुः

Transliteration

yamaṃ saṃyamane'rīṇāṃ yuyuje mantraṇe manum | meghāśchardaṃti liṃpaṃti drumāḥ puṣpāṇi cikṣipuḥ

Translation

ଶତ୍ରୁମାନଙ୍କ ସଂଯମନ ପାଇଁ ସେ ଯମଙ୍କୁ ନିଯୁକ୍ତ କଲା ଏବଂ ପରାମର୍ଶ ପାଇଁ ମନୁଙ୍କୁ। ମେଘମାନେ ଧାରାଧାରା ବର୍ଷିଲେ, ଦ୍ରୁମମାନେ ପୁଷ୍ପ ଛିଟାଇଲେ।

Word by Word

• यमम्: Yama
• यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संयमने: in restraint/control (department)
• संयमने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अरीणाम्: of enemies
• अरीणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• युयुजे: appointed/assigned
• युयुजे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मन्त्रणे: in counsel/consultation
• मन्त्रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मनुम्: Manu
• मनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• छर्दन्ति: pour forth/vomit (rain)
• छर्दन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छर्द् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• लिम्पन्ति: smear/coat
• लिम्पन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• चिक्षिपुः: threw/scattered
• चिक्षिपुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāvaṇa’s court assigns Yama to restrain enemies and Manu to counsel; outside, clouds pour rain in abundance and trees shower flowers, as if the kingdom itself performs a continuous ‘puṣpavarṣa’.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Manu
• Clouds (meghāḥ)
• Trees (drumāḥ)
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power seeks instruments of punishment and counsel; the text contrasts such worldly administration with the higher, stabilizing authority of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya these Purāṇic episodes are recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse uses poetic signs (clouds, flowers) and administrative appointments.