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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

अग्नौ प्रास्ताहुतिः सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते । आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः

agnau prāstāhutiḥ samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate | ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ

เครื่องบูชาที่ถวายลงในไฟอย่างถูกต้อง ย่อมไปถึงพระอาทิตย์ จากพระอาทิตย์เกิดฝน จากฝนเกิดอาหาร และจากอาหารนั้นสรรพชีวิตดำรงอยู่เจริญงอกงาม

अग्नौin fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
प्रास्ताoffered, cast (into)
प्रास्ता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + अस्/अस्? (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) from √अस्/अस्यते?; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier) आहुतिः-शब्दस्य; अर्थतः 'प्रक्षिप्ता/प्रक्षिप्त' (offered/placed)
आहुतिःoblation
आहुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
आदित्यम्the Sun
आदित्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
उपतिष्ठतेapproaches, reaches, attends upon
उपतिष्ठते:
Kriya (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + स्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
आदित्याज्from the Sun
आदित्याज्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)
जायतेis born, arises
जायते:
Kriya (Main action)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
वृष्टिःrain
वृष्टिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
वृष्टेःof rain; from rain
वृष्टेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)
अन्नम्food, grain
अन्नम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)
ततःtherefrom, then
ततः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (Adverb)
प्रजाःcreatures, people
प्रजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

Unspecified (Vedic-causal chain explaining yajña’s worldly welfare)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: A sacred fire-altar in Prabhāsa; priests offer āhuti as a golden solar disc above receives it; clouds gather, rain falls on fields; grain becomes food; people and animals flourish—shown as a single cyclical tableau.

A
Agni
Ā
Āditya (Sun)
V
Vṛṣṭi (rain)
A
Anna (food)
P
Prajāḥ

FAQs

Right ritual action (yajña) is linked to cosmic order and social welfare—rain, food, and flourishing life.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Vedic-Śaiva ritual is praised as sustaining the world.

Offer āhutis correctly into Agni (properly performed yajña).