Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

वायवायाहि मन्त्रेण वायुं देवि सदार्चयेत् । यथाक्रममिमान्देवि सर्वान्वै पूजयेद्बुधः

Transliteration

vāyavāyāhi mantreṇa vāyuṃ devi sadārcayet | yathākramamimāndevi sarvānvai pūjayedbudhaḥ

Translation

اے دیوی! منتر “وایَو آیہی…” کے ساتھ وایو دیو کی ہمیشہ پوجا کرے۔ اسی ترتیب کے مطابق، اے دیوی، دانا شخص ان سب دیوتاؤں کی پوجا کرے۔

Word by Word

• vāyava: O Vāyu
• vāyava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (address to Vāyu)

• yāhi: come/go
• yāhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद

• mantreṇa: with the mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• vāyum: Vāyu (wind-god)
• vāyum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

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

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

• yathā-kramam: in due order/sequence
• yathā-kramam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + krama (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• imān: these
• imān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying sarvān)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• sarvān: all (of them)
• sarvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्म

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

• pūjayet: one should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• budhaḥ: a wise person
• budhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wise pilgrim completes a circular worship sequence: offerings placed at multiple stations; Vāyu is visualized as swift, subtle, moving through banners and incense smoke, receiving flowers at a dedicated altar point.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through order and completeness: worship becomes holistic when performed sequentially, honoring each divine function.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, framed as a mandala of worship where a full sequence of deities is honored.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana to Vāyu with the “vāyav āyāhi” mantra, and then worship of all associated deities in the prescribed order.