Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 137

Devanagari script

तमुष्टवाम इति ऋक्प्रथमा परिकीर्तिता । एतोन्विन्द्रं स्तवामेति द्वितीया परिकीर्तिता

Transliteration

tamuṣṭavāma iti ṛkprathamā parikīrtitā | etonvindraṃ stavāmeti dvitīyā parikīrtitā

Translation

‘تَمُشْٹَوَام’—یہ پہلی رِک (ویدی) منتر-پंکتی کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہے۔ اور ‘اِیتونْوِندْرَمْ سْتَوَامے’—یہ دوسری پंکتی کے طور پر بیان کی گئی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (object of stuvāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; pronoun ‘him/that’

• उष्टवाम: we two have praised
• उष्टवाम: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, द्विवचन; वैदिक-रूप ‘we two have praised’ (स्तुवाव/उष्टवाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ)

• ऋक्प्रथमा: the first ṛk (verse)
• ऋक्प्रथमा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रथमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘ऋचः प्रथमा’ = ‘the first ṛk/verse’

• परिकीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• परिकीर्तिता: Kriyā (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘is proclaimed/has been stated’

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (implied with stuvāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; demonstrative ‘these two’

• नु: indeed/now
• नु: Sambandha-bodhaka (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (वैदिक-निपात) ‘indeed/now’ (emphatic particle)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (object of stuvāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्तवाम: we two praise
• स्तवाम: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, द्विवचन; वैदिक/छान्दस रूप ‘we two praise’ (स्तुवावः/स्तवाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyopasaṃhāra (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थ)

• द्वितीया: the second (verse)
• द्वितीया: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘the second (ṛk/verse)’

• परिकीर्तिता: is proclaimed
• परिकीर्तिता: Kriyā (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmāya dialogue style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (continuation of instruction addressed to the Goddess)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priestly figure holds a palm-leaf manuscript or recitation gesture (mudrā), while two mantra-lines are visually represented as flowing ribbons of sound labeled ‘prathamā’ and ‘dvitīyā’; the Sun’s disc glows behind.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛk (Ṛgveda)
• Indra (named in verse incipits)
• mantra listing

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha practice is anchored in śruti through the use of Vedic ṛks as mantras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Arkasthala rite, where mantra-based pradakṣiṇā is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Specific Ṛgvedic verse-openings are enumerated as mantras to be used (as part of the prescribed practice).