Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्गृहे प्रभाते तु क्रियते चोपलेपनम् । विद्यते वेद निर्घोषस्तत्रास्माकं न किंचन

Transliteration

yasmingṛhe prabhāte tu kriyate copalepanam | vidyate veda nirghoṣastatrāsmākaṃ na kiṃcana

Translation

ในเรือนที่ยามรุ่งอรุณมีการทาพื้นเพื่อชำระให้บริสุทธิ์ และมีเสียงสวดพระเวทก้องอยู่—ที่นั่นเราไม่มีอำนาจใดเลย

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• गृहे: in a house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• क्रियते: is done
• क्रियते: Kriya (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive: is done)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• उपलेपनम्: smearing/plastering (of floor)
• उपलेपनम्: Karta (passive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप + लेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्रियते इत्यस्य कर्तृस्थानीयं (passive subject)

• विद्यते: exists / is present
• विद्यते: Kriya (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वेद: Veda
• वेद: Karta (as part of compound subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; निर्घोषस्य विशेषणार्थे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• निर्घोषः: sound / recitation
• निर्घोषः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (location adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place: there)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• किंचन: anything (at all)
• किंचन: Karta (subject: nothing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम/अव्ययप्राय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; न-कारेण सह 'nothing' अर्थे

Speaker

Pretāḥ

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gautama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn a household courtyard is freshly smeared and purified; Vedic chanting rises like an invisible shield, while pretas outside the boundary lose all influence.

Characters & Entities

• Pretāḥ
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily purity and Vedic sound sanctify the home, removing inauspicious forces and strengthening dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the māhātmya links pilgrimage merit with disciplined sacred living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

At dawn, perform household purification (upalepana) and maintain Vedic recitation (veda-nirghoṣa).