Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

जातवेदस रुद्रस्त्वां रेतसा प्लावयिष्यति । मेध्येषु च कृतज्वाला ज्वालया त्वां ज्वलिष्यति

Transliteration

jātavedasa rudrastvāṃ retasā plāvayiṣyati | medhyeṣu ca kṛtajvālā jvālayā tvāṃ jvaliṣyati

Translation

โอ้ชาตเวทัส รุทระจักท่วมท่านด้วยเรตัสของพระองค์ และเปลวไฟที่จุดขึ้นในพิธียัญ จะลุกโชนใส่ท่านด้วยเปลวเพลิงอันเร่าร้อน

Word by Word

• जातवेदसः: Jātavedas (Agni)
• जातवेदसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/कर्तृपदे प्रयुक्तः

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• रेतसा: with semen/seed
• रेतसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण/साधन

• प्लावयिष्यति: will flood/drench
• प्लावयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्लु (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; सकर्मक

• मेध्येषु: in the sacrificial/holy (rites/places)
• मेध्येषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कृतज्वाला: having a made/raised flame
• कृतज्वाला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त) + ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः (कृता ज्वाला यस्याः/यत्र)

• ज्वालया: with (a) flame
• ज्वालया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; करण

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• ज्वलिष्यति: will burn
• ज्वलिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual: narrative speech addressing Agni/Jātavedas about Rudra’s action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Agni (Jātavedas) rises from a sacrificial fire; above him looms Rudra, whose overwhelming potency ‘floods’ the fire; simultaneously, sacrificial flames surge as if turning against Agni—an awe-filled reversal.

Characters & Entities

• Jātavedas (Agni)
• Rudra
• Medhya (sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives portray cosmic forces as interlinked; ritual fire and divine power operate under higher divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is housed in the Prabhāsakṣetra māhātmya, which sanctifies the region through such mythic theology.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sacrificial context (medhya) is referenced, but no specific procedure is prescribed in this verse.