Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अहोरात्रेण संप्राप्तं बहुव्याधजनाग्रतः । अश्वाधिरूढो बलवान्भोजराजो ययौ स्वयम्

Transliteration

ahorātreṇa saṃprāptaṃ bahuvyādhajanāgrataḥ | aśvādhirūḍho balavānbhojarājo yayau svayam

Translation

ایک ہی دن اور رات کے اندر، بہت سے شکاریوں کو آگے رکھ کر، طاقتور بھوج راجا خود گھوڑے پر سوار ہو کر روانہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• अहोरात्रेण: within a day and night
• अहोरात्रेण: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहः (प्रातिपदिक) + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (day-and-night)

• संप्राप्तम्: having arrived / arrived
• संप्राप्तम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (absolutive sense: 'having arrived/arrived')

• बहुव्याधजन: many hunters (people)
• बहुव्याधजन: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + व्याध (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समास (many-hunters-people = many hunters)

• अग्रतः: in front, ahead
• अग्रतः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in front of')

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Sambandha (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समास-पूर्वपद

• अधिरूढः: mounted (upon)
• अधिरूढः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'भोजराजः' इति विशेषण

• बलवान्: strong, powerful
• बलवान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; 'भोजराजः' इति विशेषण

• भोजराजः: the Bhoja king
• भोजराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज (प्रातिपदिक) + राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (king of the Bhojas)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वयम्-शब्दः (indeclinable: 'oneself')

Speaker

Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful king rides out swiftly, hunters massed ahead, the journey compressed into a day and night—dust, urgency, and the pull of the forested sacred mountain ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Bhojarāja
• vyādha (hunters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even royal initiative and speed unfold within the larger destiny of a sacred place, where extraordinary revelations become possible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the king’s swift departure and entourage.