Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । प्रगृह्य वलयं हस्तादिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । इदं मे वलयं वह्ने वक्त्रे धार्यं सदा त्वया

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | pragṛhya valayaṃ hastādidaṃ vacanamabravīt | idaṃ me valayaṃ vahne vaktre dhāryaṃ sadā tvayā

Translation

อีศวรตรัสว่า ครั้นรับกำไลจากมือของเขาแล้ว จึงกล่าวว่า “โอ้ วหฺนิ (อัคนี) กำไลของเรานี้ จงสวมไว้ที่ปากของท่านเสมอ”

Word by Word

• ईश्वरः: Īśvara (the Lord)
• ईश्वरः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रगृह्य: having taken/holding
• प्रगृह्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)

• वलयम्: bracelet/bangle
• वलयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हस्तात्: from (his) hand
• हस्तात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘this’ (apposition to vacanam)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object of speaking)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: he said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘वलयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणरूपेण (this)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• वलयम्: bracelet
• वलयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आदेशवाक्ये कर्म (object)

• वह्ने: O Agni
• वह्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• वक्त्रे: in (your) mouth
• वक्त्रे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• धार्यम्: should be worn/kept
• धार्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: अनीयर्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be worn/held’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive/gerundive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: द्वितीया? (न) तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Agni (Vahni/Hutāśana)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara, majestic and composed, takes a bracelet and instructs Agni to wear it upon his mouth—an arresting image of binding fire’s consuming power with a sacred ornament.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Agni (Vahni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order establishes limits even for cosmic forces like Fire, preserving dharma and the world’s balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya the control and placement of powerful energies is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse conveys a mythic injunction (ājñā) about wearing/placing the divine bracelet at the ‘mouth’ of Fire.