Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणो दक्षिणे पार्श्वे सावित्रीं स्थापयेत्प्रिये । भोजकं वामपार्श्वे तु पुरतः पंकजं न्यसेत्

Transliteration

brahmaṇo dakṣiṇe pārśve sāvitrīṃ sthāpayetpriye | bhojakaṃ vāmapārśve tu purataḥ paṃkajaṃ nyaset

Translation

اے محبوبہ! برہما کے دائیں پہلو پر ساوتری کو قائم کرے؛ بائیں پہلو پر بھوجک خادم کو؛ اور سامنے کنول (پدم) رکھے۔

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā/Brahman
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• दक्षिणे: on the right
• दक्षिणे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषण (agreeing with पार्श्वे)

• पार्श्वे: at the side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सावित्रीम्: Sāvitrī
• सावित्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थापयेत्: should place/establish
• स्थापयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु; √स्था causative ‘स्थापय’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• भोजकम्: the Bhojaka
• भोजकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वाम: left
• वाम: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier component)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद (in vāmapārśve) — ‘left’

• पार्श्वे: on the left side
• पार्श्वे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम-पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; कर्मधारय (वामं पार्श्वम्)

• तु: and/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (particle)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — indeclinable adverb ‘in front’

• पंकजम्: a lotus
• पंकजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न्यसेत्: should place/set down
• न्यसेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√अस्/न्यस् (धातु; √अस् ‘to place’ with नि; denominative ‘न्यस्’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Brahmā image on the chariot or altar; Sāvitrī placed to the right; a single attendant stands to the left; a lotus is set before the deity, forming a clear triadic arrangement.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sāvitrī
• Bhojaka
• Lotus (Paṅkaja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship becomes effective when performed with correct ritual order and sacred placement (nyāsa/sthāpana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Placement instructions: Sāvitrī to Brahmā’s right, Bhojaka to the left, and a lotus in front.