Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

यजुर्वेदे प्रविख्यातं यद्देवति ऋचां त्रयम् । तेन भागः प्रदातव्य एतेषां भक्तिहोमतः

Transliteration

yajurvede pravikhyātaṃ yaddevati ṛcāṃ trayam | tena bhāgaḥ pradātavya eteṣāṃ bhaktihomataḥ

Translation

บทฤกสามบทซึ่งเป็นที่เลื่องชื่อในยชุรเวท และมุ่งถวายแด่เหล่าเทวะ—ด้วยพิธีนั้นเอง พึงมอบส่วนของพวกเขา โดยการทำโหมะด้วยศรัทธาภักดี

Word by Word

• यजुर्वेदे: in the Yajurveda
• यजुर्वेदे: Adhikarana (Location/Scope)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—यजुषां वेदः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• प्रविख्यातम्: well-known
• प्रविख्यातम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्यात (कृदन्त; ख्या धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय—‘well-known’

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• देवति: pertaining to the deity (devatā-wise)
• देवति: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देवति (अव्यय/पद)
• Form: अव्यय; वैदिक-प्रयोगे ‘देवता-सम्बन्धि/देवताविषयक’ इत्यर्थक (Vedic particle/descriptor)

• ऋचाम्: of the ṛks (verses)
• ऋचाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच्/ऋचा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• त्रयम्: three (in number)
• त्रयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भागः: a share/portion
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रदातव्यः: must be given
• प्रदातव्यः: Pratijna/Predicate (obligation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्रदातव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive)—‘to be given’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भक्तिहोमतः: because of devotion and oblation (homa)
• भक्तिहोमतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्तिहोम (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘from/because of’; समासः—भक्त्या होमः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Brahmā’s instruction from prior verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A homa altar with Brahmā instructing that a specific triad of ṛks (from Yajurvedic usage) be recited; the priest offers āhutis with devotion as the fire rises steadily, indicating correct mantra-powered transmission of the beings’ share.

Characters & Entities

• Yajurveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined to Vedic order—bhakti expressed through mantra-guided homa—ensures rightful distribution and ritual efficacy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it focuses on Vedic-ritual method within the māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use a Yajurvedic, deity-addressed triad of verses and perform bhakti-homa to grant the proper ‘bhāga’ (share).