Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ऋषिभिः पञ्चभिश्चात्र समाहूता यथा पुरा । वाडवेनाग्निना युक्ता यथा जाता शृणुष्व तत्

Transliteration

ṛṣibhiḥ pañcabhiścātra samāhūtā yathā purā | vāḍavenāgninā yuktā yathā jātā śṛṇuṣva tat

Translation

จงฟังเถิดว่า ในกาลก่อน ฤๅษีทั้งห้าท่านได้อัญเชิญพระนางมายังที่นี้อย่างไร และพระนางได้ประสานกับไฟวาฑวะอย่างไร จงสดับเรื่องนั้น

Word by Word

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पञ्चभिः: by five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (ऋषि-विशेषण) पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• समाहूता: were summoned/called together
• समाहूता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आह्वा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as, just as)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

• वाडवेन: with the Vāḍava (submarine)
• वाडवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अग्निना: with fire
• अग्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युक्ता: were joined/associated
• युक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as)

• जाता: were born/came to be
• जाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्: that (account)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sarasvatī-āhvāna; vāḍava-agni-saṃyoga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Five ancient ṛṣis perform invocation on a coastal altar; Sarasvatī manifests as a river-goddess responding to their call, while the ocean hints at a contained subterranean flame (vāḍava-agni) joining her presence.

Characters & Entities

• Five Ṛṣis
• Sarasvatī
• Vāḍava (Vāḍavāgni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sage-led invocation and sacred narrative frame the kṣetra as a living dhārmic space where cosmic forces are ritually harmonized.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the location where Sarasvatī is summoned and linked with Vāḍavāgni.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the motif of summoning by ṛṣis suggests mantra/āhvāna tradition, but no explicit rite (snāna/dāna/japa) is given in this verse.