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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

ऋग्वेदस्थस्तु पूर्वाह्णे मध्याह्ने यजुषि स्थितः । अपराह्णे तु सामस्थो ह्यथर्वस्थो निशागमे

Transliteration

ṛgvedasthastu pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne yajuṣi sthitaḥ | aparāhṇe tu sāmastho hyatharvastho niśāgame

Translation

صبح کے وقت وہ رِگ وید کی صورت میں رہتا ہے؛ دوپہر میں یجُس میں قائم ہے؛ سہ پہر میں سام کی صورت ہے؛ اور رات کے آغاز پر اتھرو کی صورت میں حاضر ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word
ऋग्वेदस्थःone situated in the Ṛgveda
ऋग्वेदस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋग्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: स्थ (क्त/निष्ठा-प्रत्ययान्त अर्थे ‘स्थितः’)—‘ऋग्वेदे स्थितः’
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)
पूर्वाह्णेin the forenoon
पूर्वाह्णे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूर्वाह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘पूर्वः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘in the forenoon’
मध्याह्नेat midday
मध्याह्ने:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘मध्यः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘at midday’
यजुषिin the Yajurveda
यजुषि:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; वेदविशेषः
स्थितःsituated
स्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त निष्ठा—‘standing/situated’
अपराह्णेin the afternoon
अपराह्णे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअपराह्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘अपरः अह्नः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘in the afternoon’
तुand/but
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
सामस्थःone situated in the Sāmaveda
सामस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सामनि स्थितः’
हिindeed
हि:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis/causal)
अथर्वस्थःone situated in the Atharvaveda
अथर्वस्थः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअथर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त, √स्था)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अथर्वणि स्थितः’
निशागमेat nightfall
निशागमे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशागम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘निशायाः आगमः’ इति तत्पुरुष—‘at the coming of night’
Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single deity-form (liṅga or radiant Śiva) is shown in four panels across a day: dawn with Ṛg scrolls, noon with yajña implements (Yajus), afternoon with musicians (Sāma), dusk/night with protective Atharva symbols—set within Prabhāsa shrine context.

Characters & Entities
Ṛ
Ṛgveda
Y
Yajurveda
S
Sāmaveda
A
Atharvaveda

FAQs

The Lord is identified with Vedic revelation itself, pervading time and worship through the four Vedas across the day.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the deity is praised as Veda-embodied and time-pervading.

Implicit guidance toward time-based reverence (morning/noon/afternoon/evening), aligning worship with sacred sound and Vedic contemplation.

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