Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

अन्येषु मण्डपेष्वेव प्रत्येकमृत्विजः कृताः । मण्डपानां शतेष्वेव कृत्वा कुण्डान्यकल्पयत्

Transliteration

anyeṣu maṇḍapeṣveva pratyekamṛtvijaḥ kṛtāḥ | maṇḍapānāṃ śateṣveva kṛtvā kuṇḍānyakalpayat

Translation

在其余的曼荼波中，也各自任命了祭司（ṛtvij）。并在数百座曼荼波之间，他布置并预备了诸多火坛（kuṇḍa）。

Word by Word

• anyeṣu: in other (ones)
• anyeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/only)

• pratyekam: each, separately
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: 'separately/each')

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

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

• maṇḍapānām: of the pavilions
• maṇḍapānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇḍapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• śateṣu: in hundreds
• śateṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

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

• kuṇḍāni: fire-pits
• kuṇḍāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• akalpayat: he arranged/prepared
• akalpayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kḷp (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast sacrificial ground at Prabhāsa filled with hundreds of decorated maṇḍapas; in each, appointed ṛtviks prepare and tend multiple fire-pits, with orderly lines of vessels, ladles, and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• maṇḍapa
• ṛtvij
• kuṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great sacred undertakings require meticulous preparation—multiplying places of worship multiplies opportunities for merit (puṇya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated as capable of hosting vast, multi-pavilion Vedic rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It describes appointing priests for each maṇḍapa and preparing numerous kuṇḍas (fire-altars) for the rite.