Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्यज्ञे समाजग्मुर्ये केचित्पृथिवीश्वराः । तेषां राज्यं धनं भोगान्ददौ स्वर्गं तथाऽक्षयम्

Transliteration

tasminyajñe samājagmurye kecitpṛthivīśvarāḥ | teṣāṃ rājyaṃ dhanaṃ bhogāndadau svargaṃ tathā'kṣayam

Translation

ในยัญนั้น บรรดากษัตริย์แห่งแผ่นดินผู้ใดมาชุมนุม พระองค์ได้ประทานราชอำนาจ ทรัพย์สมบัติ ความรื่นรมย์ และสวรรค์อันไม่เสื่อมสลายแก่พวกเขา

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यज्ञे: sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• समाजग्मुः: assembled/came together
• समाजग्मुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• पृथिवीश्वराः: lords of the earth (kings)
• पृथिवीश्वराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पृथिव्याः ईश्वराः)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक (thus/also)

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-समास (imperishable), विशेषण (agreeing with स्वर्गम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand yajña-sabhā at Prabhāsa: assembled kings with crowns and standards; Soma (or the yajamāna) distributes gifts and honors; celestial motifs hint at ‘akṣaya svarga’.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• pṛthivīśvarāḥ (kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Participation in dharmic rites at a tīrtha uplifts even rulers—linking rāja-dharma with lasting spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where attending sacred yajñas yields both worldly stability and transcendent merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Coming to and participating in a yajña at the holy place is presented as the merit-producing act.