Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

अग्नीध्रश्च मनुस्तत्र उन्नेता त्वंगिराः कृतः । एवमाद्यान्मण्डपेषु कृत्वा तानृत्विजः प्रभुः

Transliteration

agnīdhraśca manustatra unnetā tvaṃgirāḥ kṛtaḥ | evamādyānmaṇḍapeṣu kṛtvā tānṛtvijaḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

Tại đó, Manu được bổ nhiệm làm Agnīdhra, và Aṅgirā được lập làm Unnetṛ. Như vậy, sau khi an trí các vị ấy cùng những vị khác làm tư tế trong các mandapa, Đức Chúa (Phạm Thiên) liền tiếp tục tiến bước.

Word by Word

• agnīdhraḥ: the Agnīdhra priest
• agnīdhraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agnīdhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• manuḥ: Manu (name)
• manuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• unnetā: the Unnetā priest
• unnetā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: unnetṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• aṃgirāḥ: Aṅgirā (name)
• aṃgirāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃgiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); ऋषिनाम (proper name)

• kṛtaḥ: was made/appointed
• kṛtaḥ: Karma (Object as result/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'made/appointed'

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: 'thus')

• ādyān: the first (ones)
• ādyān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying)

• maṇḍapeṣu: in the pavilions
• maṇḍapeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having done/made'

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ṛtvijaḥ: priests
• ṛtvijaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛtvij (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• prabhuḥ: the lord/master
• prabhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Manu as Agnīdhra tends the fire-gates and maintains ritual flame; Aṅgirā as Unnetṛ carries/raises soma or leads offering conveyance; Brahmā, dignified and radiant, surveys the pavilions and moves onward after installing all priests.

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Aṅgiras (Aṅgirā)
• Agnīdhra
• Unnetṛ
• maṇḍapa
• Brahmā (implied by immediate context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly preparation and rightful appointment of duties are themselves acts of dharma that empower sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even Manu and Aṅgiras are portrayed serving the sacrificial system.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It names Agnīdhra and Unnetṛ offices and indicates priests are to be installed across ritual maṇḍapas.