Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यष्टव्योऽहं सदा यज्ञै रुद्रः किं मे करिष्यति । एवं हि वर्त्तमानस्य प्रह्लादः स्तौति तं हरिम्

Transliteration

yaṣṭavyo'haṃ sadā yajñai rudraḥ kiṃ me kariṣyati | evaṃ hi varttamānasya prahlādaḥ stauti taṃ harim

Translation

เขากล่าวว่า “เราควรถูกบูชาด้วยยัญพิธีอยู่เสมอ—พระรุทระจะทำอะไรเราได้?” ครั้นเป็นดังนี้ พระปรหลาทะก็ยังสรรเสริญพระหริผู้เป็นองค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้านั้นไม่ขาดสาย

Word by Word

• यष्टव्यः: to be worshipped / to be sacrificed to
• यष्टव्यः: Karya (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज् (धातु) → यष्टव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: यज्-धातोः तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मे: to me / for me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic)

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: धातु: कृ; लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/indeed)

• वर्त्तमानस्य: of (one) behaving/being
• वर्त्तमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) → वर्त्तमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वृत्-धातोः वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रह्लादः: Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्तौति: praises
• स्तौति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: धातु: स्तु; लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हरिम्: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller, contextually Sūta-like narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya boasts that he alone deserves worship by sacrifices and mocks Rudra; in contrast, young Prahlāda serenely continues praising Hari, creating a moral and visual contrast.

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Rudra (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion persists even amid arrogance and threats; Prahlāda’s bhakti remains fixed on Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa, framing the narrative within the sanctity of that kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña (sacrifice) is referenced as a mode of worship, though here it is voiced in pride rather than as a recommended observance.