Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

कौबेर्यां सृष्टिकर्ता च नन्दिपुर्यां बृहस्पतिः । प्रभासे बालरूपी च वाराणस्यां सुरप्रियः

Transliteration

kauberyāṃ sṛṣṭikartā ca nandipuryāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ | prabhāse bālarūpī ca vārāṇasyāṃ surapriyaḥ

Translation

في كاوبرِي (Kauberī) أنا الخالق؛ وفي نَنديبورِي (Nandīpurī) أنا بْرِهَسْبَتِي (Bṛhaspati). وفي برابهاسا (Prabhāsa) أتجلّى في هيئة طفل؛ وفي فاراناسي (Vārāṇasī) أنا سورابريا (Surapriya)، محبوب الآلهة.

Word by Word

• कौबेर्याम्: in Kauberī
• कौबेर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौबेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सृष्टिकर्ता: creator
• सृष्टिकर्ता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक); कर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सृष्टेः कर्ता)

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

• नन्दिपुर्याम्: in Nandipurī
• नन्दिपुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बालरूपी: having the form of a child
• बालरूपी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (बालरूपः यस्य/बालरूपेण) — अर्थतः ‘बालरूपधारी’

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

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सुरप्रियः: dear to the gods
• सुरप्रियः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणां प्रियः)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa; Vārāṇasī; Kauberī; Nandīpurī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) Viṣṇu or the inquirer addressing Pitāmaha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā describes his forms; a central child-form Brahmā appears at Prabhāsa with sea-coast light, while another vignette shows Kāśī ghats with Brahmā as Surapriya; two additional vignettes depict Kauberī and Nandīpurī as sacred towns with Brahmā’s aspects.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kauberī
• Nandīpurī
• Prabhāsa
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
• Bṛhaspati
• Bālarūpa
• Surapriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized for devotees: the same Brahmā is approached through place-specific forms that guide remembrance and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is highlighted for Brahmā’s child-form, and Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) is also named as a sacred seat of Brahmā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use the appropriate nāma-rūpa for contemplation and worship—especially Brahmā as Bālarūpa at Prabhāsa.