Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

राजतं पात्रमादाय स्वधा त्वक्षय्यतृप्तये । वैवस्वतो यमस्त्वासीत्तेषां वत्सः प्रतापवान्

Transliteration

rājataṃ pātramādāya svadhā tvakṣayyatṛptaye | vaivasvato yamastvāsītteṣāṃ vatsaḥ pratāpavān

Translation

取一银器，为藉由“斯瓦达”（svadhā，祭祖供献之力）而得无尽满足。毗婆斯梵之子阎摩（Vaivasvata Yama，阎摩王）成为他们威猛的犊。

Word by Word

• राजतम्: silver
• राजतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• पात्रम्: vessel
• पात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• स्वधा: Svadhā (oblation for Pitṛs)
• स्वधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrastive)

• अक्षय्यतृप्तये: for inexhaustible satisfaction
• अक्षय्यतृप्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (for the purpose of)

• वैवस्वतः: Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat)
• वैवस्वतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वत्सः: calf
• वत्सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतापवान्: mighty/glorious
• प्रतापवान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pitṛs assemble with austere dignity; a silver vessel is held ready; Yama (Vaivasvata) appears as a powerful calf symbolizing dharma and death’s law; the act signifies svadhā leading to inexhaustible satisfaction.

Characters & Entities

• Svadhā
• Vaivasvata Yama
• Pitṛs (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring ancestors is part of cosmic dharma; svadhā is portrayed as an enduring source of satisfaction for the Pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, a setting often connected with rites benefiting ancestors.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Svadhā is referenced (the śrāddha-related offering), but the verse itself does not detail the ritual steps.