Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

इंद्रं मित्रं तृतीया तु ऋक्चैव परिकीर्तिता । कृष्णं नियानं हि तथा चतुर्थी परिकीर्तिता

Transliteration

iṃdraṃ mitraṃ tṛtīyā tu ṛkcaiva parikīrtitā | kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ hi tathā caturthī parikīrtitā

Translation

“Indraṃ mitraṃ” được xưng tụng là câu ṛc thứ ba; và “Kṛṣṇaṃ niyānaṃ” cũng được xưng tụng là câu ṛc thứ tư.

Word by Word

• indram: “indraṃ”
• indram: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (इन्द्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• mitram: “mitraṃ”
• mitram: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (मित्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• tṛtīyā: the third (ṛk/verse)
• tṛtīyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛtīyā (तृतीया प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• ṛk: the Ṛk-verse
• ṛk: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛc (ऋच्/ऋक् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphasis)

• parikīrtitā: is declared
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kṛṣṇam: “kṛṣṇaṃ”
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• niyānam: “niyānaṃ”
• niyānam: Karma (Quoted item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyāna (नियान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उद्धृत-पद

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (reason/emphasis particle)

• tathā: likewise, thus
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'so, likewise')

• caturthī: the fourth (ṛk/verse)
• caturthī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (चतुर्थी प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• parikīrtitā: is declared
• parikīrtitā: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kīrt (परि+कीर्त् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The reciter chants the third and fourth Ṛg-verses; subtle iconographic hints of Indra and Mitra appear as attendant forms while the central worship remains focused on the radiant deity.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Mitra
• Sūrya
• Ravi
• Prabhāsa
• Arkasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Traditional worship preserves spiritual efficacy through precise transmission—mantras are to be followed in their taught order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, with emphasis on Arkasthala where Sūrya’s worship is extolled.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It specifies the third and fourth ṛc/mantras to be recited in the rite.