Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

तमुष्टवाम इति वै ह्यनेनेन्द्रमथार्चयेत् । उदीरतामवरेति सदा वैवस्वतं यजेत्

Transliteration

tamuṣṭavāma iti vai hyanenendramathārcayet | udīratāmavareti sadā vaivasvataṃ yajet

Translation

Sa pormulang “tamuṣṭavāma…”, dapat sambahin si Indra sa pamamagitan ng (mantrang) ito. Sa “udīratām avar…”, dapat laging maghandog ng pagsamba kay Vaivasvata (Yama).

Word by Word

• tam: him/that (one)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (pronoun: him/that)

• uṣṭavāmaḥ: we have praised
• uṣṭavāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √stu (स्तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; स्तुत्यर्थक क्रिया

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• anena: with this (mantra)
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• indram: Indra
• indram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse marker/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• arcayet: one should worship
• arcayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arc (अर्च्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• udīratām: let them rise/let them be uttered
• udīratām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √īr (ईर्) + ud (उद्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; (उद्-उपसर्ग)

• avara: O Avara (lower one)
• avara: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (vocative/nominative-like in mantra), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (address)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• vaivasvatam: Vaivasvata (Yama)
• vaivasvatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaivasvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Yama/Vaivasvata)

• yajet: one should worship/sacrifice to
• yajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yaj (यज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual scene: Indra, crowned and radiant with vajra, receives offerings; Yama (Vaivasvata), dark and dignified with daṇḍa, is worshipped with solemnity—both positioned as guardians in the Prabhāsa sacred circuit.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vaivasvata (Yama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes effective when joined to revealed speech: mantra-guided worship honors divine governance (Indra) and moral law (Yama).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even the gods and cosmic rulers are integrated into the pilgrimage-worship system.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana/yajana of Indra and Vaivasvata using the respective mantras cited by their opening words.