Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे संदेहं परमं गताः । यज्ञभागविहीनत्वान्मंत्रं चक्रुस्ततो मिथः

Transliteration

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve saṃdehaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ | yajñabhāgavihīnatvānmaṃtraṃ cakrustato mithaḥ

Translation

پھر تمام دیوتاؤں کے گروہ شدید ترین شک میں پڑ گئے؛ یَجْن کے حصّوں سے محروم ہو کر انہوں نے آپس میں مشورہ کیا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereupon/then’

• devagaṇāḥ: groups of gods
• devagaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां गणाः)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (devagaṇāḥ)

• saṃdeham: doubt
• saṃdeham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• paramam: great, extreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saṃdeham)

• gatāḥ: having gone/attained
• gatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘gone/attained’ (गताḥ = प्राप्ताः)

• yajñabhāgavihīnatvāt: because of being deprived of the sacrificial share
• yajñabhāgavihīnatvāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + vihīna (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेतौ अपादानम्; समासः—(यज्ञभागेन विहीनम्) इति तत्पुरुषः + तद्धित/भाववाचक ‘त्व’

• mantram: a counsel/plan (lit. mantra)
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• cakruḥ: they made
• cakruḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्; ‘they made/did’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereupon’

• mithaḥ: mutually, among themselves
• mithaḥ: Sambandha (Mutual relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mithas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (परस्परार्थक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘mutually/among themselves’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Assemblage of devas, led by Indra, troubled and debating; imagery of empty offering-plates and absent smoke from yajñas; a council scene charged with urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Yajña-bhāga (sacrificial shares)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yajña is portrayed as a sacred economy linking humans and devas; when offerings cease, divine order is threatened and corrective action becomes necessary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative bridge toward restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it notes the consequence of interrupted yajña—loss of yajña-bhāga for the devas.