Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता मुनयः सर्वे गतास्ते यज्ञमण्डपे । द्वादशाहो महायज्ञः प्रारब्धः सर्वदक्षिणः

Transliteration

ityuktā munayaḥ sarve gatāste yajñamaṇḍape | dvādaśāho mahāyajñaḥ prārabdhaḥ sarvadakṣiṇaḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว เหล่ามุนีทั้งปวงก็ไปยังมณฑปยัญ ณ ที่นั้นได้เริ่มมหายัญสิบสองวัน พร้อมด้วยทักษิณาทุกประการครบถ้วน

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; quotative particle

• उक्ताः: having been addressed / told
• उक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मुनयः: the sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुनयः इति)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• यज्ञमण्डपे: in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मण्डपः)

• द्वादशाहः: a twelve-day (rite)
• द्वादशाहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश + अह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगुः (द्वादश अहानि यस्य/द्वादशाहः)

• महायज्ञः: the great sacrifice
• महायज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् यज्ञः)

• प्रारब्धः: was begun
• प्रारब्धः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वदक्षिणः: with all fees/gifts (to priests)
• सर्वदक्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहिः (सर्वा दक्षिणा यस्य सः) विशेषणम् (महायज्ञः इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style in Māhātmya sections)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha (yajña-maṇḍapa precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages enter the consecrated pavilion; the twelve-day mahāyajña is inaugurated with orderly stations—fire altar, priests, offerings, and heaps of dakṣiṇā prepared.

Characters & Entities

• Munis
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacrifice becomes dharmically complete when performed with due generosity—dakṣiṇā and gifts are integral, not optional.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is the Vastrāpatha sacred region in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where ritual acts are narrated as part of the kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dvādaśāha (twelve-day) mahāyajña, explicitly described as sarvadakṣiṇa—accompanied by full ritual fees and gifts.