Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

बृहद्रथंतरं तद्वज्ज्येष्ठसाम सरौरवम् । तथैव शांतिकाध्यायं मधुब्राह्मणमेव च

Transliteration

bṛhadrathaṃtaraṃ tadvajjyeṣṭhasāma sarauravam | tathaiva śāṃtikādhyāyaṃ madhubrāhmaṇameva ca

Translation

तथैव बृहद्रथन्तरं ज्येष्ठसाम सरौरवं च; शान्तिकाध्यायं मधुब्राह्मणं च सम्यक् पठेत्।

Word by Word

• बृहत्-रथन्तरम्: the Bṛhadrathantara (Sāman)
• बृहत्-रथन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + रथन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• तद्वत्: likewise
• तद्वत्: Sambandha (Adverbial connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; तुलनार्थक (like that, similarly)

• ज्येष्ठ-साम: the Jyeṣṭha-sāman
• ज्येष्ठ-साम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + सामन्/साम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय (श्रेष्ठं साम)

• सरौरवम्: the Saraurava (chant/hymn)
• सरौरवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरौरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• शान्तिक-अध्यायम्: the Śāntika chapter (for pacification)
• शान्तिक-अध्यायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिक (प्रातिपदिक) + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शान्त्यर्थोऽध्यायः)

• मधु-ब्राह्मणम्: the Madhu-brāhmaṇa (Brāhmaṇa text/section)
• मधु-ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मधुनः/मधुसम्बन्धि ब्राह्मणम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (rite sequence)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of Sāma-chanters seated in a semicircle at the tīrtha, hands in chanting mudrā, palm-leaf manuscripts open; the atmosphere is calm, with a śānti-kalasha and white flowers.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-kārya becomes sanctified when performed with Vedic remembrance—recitation and śānti texts align the rite with dharma and sacred sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger context is Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the rites connected with Goṣpada Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation of specific Sāma/Vedic portions (Bṛhadrathantara, Jyeṣṭha-sāman, Saraurava), along with śānti-adhyāya and Madhu Brāhmaṇa.