Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः संपूर्णतां प्राप्ते तस्मिन्क्रतौ वरानने

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃpūrṇatāṃ prāpte tasminkratau varānane

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว โอ้ผู้มีพักตร์งาม เมื่อยัญนั้นบรรลุความสมบูรณ์แล้ว

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• संपूर्णताम्: completion
• संपूर्णताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपूर्णता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (state of completion)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) was attained
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative absolute sense: when attained)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• क्रतौ: in the sacrifice
• क्रतौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वर-आनने: O fair-faced one
• वर-आनने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; स्त्रीसम्बोधन (O fair-faced one)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced; vocative 'varānane' indicates address to a देवी/consort figure within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā / Mahādevī (explicit vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sacrificial fire burns steady after the final offerings; priests sit in composed silence; smoke rises straight; the yajamāna looks relieved as the rite reaches completion, with the goddess-listener implied as a celestial presence.

Characters & Entities

• Kratu (yajña)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are portrayed as purposeful processes culminating in completion, after which karmic and social consequences unfold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting where the kratu is completed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific prescription; it marks the completion stage of the yajña narrative.