Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

दारुवंशावधि प्रोक्तं यत्किंचित्स्वं मदाज्ञया । अन्यद्यद्ब्राह्मणा ब्रूयुस्तत्सर्वं तत्र नीयताम्

Transliteration

dāruvaṃśāvadhi proktaṃ yatkiṃcitsvaṃ madājñayā | anyadyadbrāhmaṇā brūyustatsarvaṃ tatra nīyatām

Translation

สิ่งใดก็ตามที่ข้ากำหนดไว้ตามบัญชา—แม้ถึงไม้และไม้ไผ่—จงนำไปทั้งหมด; และสิ่งอื่นใดที่พราหมณ์ทั้งหลายร้องขอ ก็จงนำไปที่นั่นให้ครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• दारुवंशावधि: up to the limit of the wood-lineage (i.e., up to dāruvaṃśa)
• दारुवंशावधि: Adhikarana (Location/Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दारु (प्रातिपदिक) + वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अर्थे—“...पर्यन्तम्/यावत्” (up to, until)

• प्रोक्तम्: declared/said
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; passive participle “said/declared”

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun “which/that”

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: सर्वनाम-नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक “something/anything”

• स्वम्: one’s own (property)
• स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “own property/one’s own”

• मदाज्ञया: by my order
• मदाज्ञया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम आज्ञा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental “by my command”

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “other (thing)”

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “which/that”

• ब्राह्मणाः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “Brahmins”

• ब्रूयुः: should say
• ब्रूयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; “may say/should say”

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; “that”

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण “all/entire”

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) “there/in that place”

• नीयताम्: let it be brought
• नीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), कर्मणि-प्रयोग, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; “let it be taken/led”

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A directive scene: the patron issues orders to gather supplies—timber stacks, bamboo bundles, carts—while brāhmaṇas advise and scribes record requisitions for transport to the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Yajña supplies

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is carried out through disciplined execution and deference to sacred authority—especially the guidance of brāhmaṇas in ritual matters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the destination where all ritual requisites are to be assembled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Transporting all materials required for yajña, including construction supplies, and fulfilling additional requests from brāhmaṇas.