Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततः संजायते सस्यं सस्याद्यज्ञा भवंति च । यज्ञैः संजायते तृप्तिः सर्वेषां त्रिदिवौकसाम्

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃjāyate sasyaṃ sasyādyajñā bhavaṃti ca | yajñaiḥ saṃjāyate tṛptiḥ sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām

Translation

由那雨水而生五谷；由五谷而兴祭祀（yajña）。由祭祀而起，诸天众生皆得满足欢悦。

Word by Word

• ततः: then / from that
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), कारण/अनन्तरार्थे (thereupon/therefore)

• संजायते: arises / is produced
• संजायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सस्यम्: crop / grain
• सस्यम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सस्यात्: from the crop
• सस्यात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• यज्ञाः: sacrifices
• यज्ञाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भवन्ति: come to be / occur
• भवन्ति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

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

• यज्ञैः: by/through sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• संजायते: arises
• संजायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction / contentment
• तृप्तिः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (त्रिदिवौकसाम् इत्यस्य)

• त्रिदिवौकसाम्: of the heavenly dwellers (gods)
• त्रिदिवौकसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव-ओकस् (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिदिव + ओकस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tridive okasaḥ = dwellers in heaven)

Speaker

Devagaṇas (the gods), addressing Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual anchor)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic sequence: rain falling, fields ripening into crops, a yajña-śālā with fire and offerings, devas above receiving satisfaction and radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Tridivaukas (gods)
• Sasya (crops)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It presents cosmic reciprocity: rain enables food, food enables yajña, and yajña sustains the gods—dharma is ecological and ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya ties the ocean’s stability to yajña and divine nourishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is implied as the sustaining rite; the verse highlights its dependence on agricultural abundance.