Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य बुद्धिः समुत्पन्ना कथं यज्ञं करोम्यहम् । सन्निमंत्र्य द्विजश्रेष्ठान्यज्ञकर्मस्वधिष्ठितान्

Transliteration

tasya buddhiḥ samutpannā kathaṃ yajñaṃ karomyaham | sannimaṃtrya dvijaśreṣṭhānyajñakarmasvadhiṣṭhitān

Translation

అప్పుడు అతనిలో ఈ ఆలోచన కలిగింది—“నేను యజ్ఞాన్ని ఎలా చేయాలి?” యజ్ఞకర్మలలో స్థిరమైన ద్విజశ్రేష్ఠులను విధివిధానంగా ఆహ్వానించాడు.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him’

• buddhiḥ: thought/intention
• buddhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• samutpannā: arose/was produced
• samutpannā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-√pad (पद्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘arisen/produced’

• katham: how
• katham: Prayojana (Interrogative manner/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक) = ‘how?’

• yajñam: sacrifice
• yajñam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• karomi: do/perform
• karomi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘I do’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• sannimantrya: having invited
• sannimantrya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ni-√mantr (मन्त्र्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund) = ‘having invited’

• dvijaśreṣṭhān: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• dvijaśreṣṭhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः’)

• yajñakarmasu: in sacrificial rites
• yajñakarmasu: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘यज्ञस्य कर्माणि’ (determinative)

• adhiṣṭhitān: engaged/presiding
• adhiṣṭhitān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adhi-√sthā (स्था) (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘stationed/engaged/presiding’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trita in a royal hall sending invitations; learned brāhmaṇas arrive with yajña tools (darbhā, kuśa, ladles), Veda recitation beginning; a yajña-śālā prepared near a sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Trita
• dvija-śreṣṭhas (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through humility, correct counsel, and proper ritual procedure guided by qualified teachers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya; the upcoming actions connect yajña-support to Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invitation of competent brāhmaṇas for yajña-karman is emphasized as part of proper sacrificial conduct.