Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

यज्ञस्तस्यां समभवद्ब्राह्मण्यां क्षत्रयोनितः । ततः पूर्वेण साधर्म्यात्तुल्यधर्माः प्रकीर्त्तिताः

Transliteration

yajñastasyāṃ samabhavadbrāhmaṇyāṃ kṣatrayonitaḥ | tataḥ pūrveṇa sādharmyāttulyadharmāḥ prakīrttitāḥ

Translation

ในสกุลพราหมณ์นั้นได้บังเกิด “ยัชญะ” ผู้กำเนิดจากเชื้อสายกษัตริย์; และด้วยความเป็นญาติในกาลก่อนกับความมีสภาวะร่วมกัน จึงประกาศว่าเขาทั้งหลายมีหน้าที่ธรรมะใกล้เคียงกัน

Word by Word

• यज्ञः: the sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तस्याम्: in her / in that (woman/line)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• समभवत्: came to be, occurred
• समभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ब्राह्मण्याम्: in a Brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मण्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• क्षत्रयोनितः: from a Kṣatriya lineage
• क्षत्रयोनितः: Hetu (Source/Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पञ्चमी-अर्थे तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाववत् (योनितः = 'from the womb/lineage'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षत्रस्य योनि:)

• ततः: therefore
• ततः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (therefore/then)

• पूर्वेण: by/with the former (precedent)
• पूर्वेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• साधर्म्यात्: from similarity (of dharma)
• साधर्म्यात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तुल्यधर्माः: having similar duties/nature
• तुल्यधर्माः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (तुल्यः धर्मः येषाम्/तुल्यधर्माः)

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed, are described
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), कर्मणि-भावः (are proclaimed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution for Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages in assembly at Prabhāsa discuss lineage and duty; a symbolic figure ‘Yajña’ is shown emerging within a brāhmaṇa household yet bearing kṣatriya insignia, indicating shared dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is described through both birth and function; shared qualities and prior connections can indicate comparable responsibilities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching setting of the Māhātmya, though this verse itself discusses lineage and duty.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive about origin and dharma.