Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

दश चान्यान्भूधरादीन्वृषभान्तान्वरानने । आदौ कपर्द्दिनं कृत्वा प्रासादान्पर्यकल्पयत्

Transliteration

daśa cānyānbhūdharādīnvṛṣabhāntānvarānane | ādau kaparddinaṃ kṛtvā prāsādānparyakalpayat

Translation

وشيَّد أيضًا عشرةَ معابدَ (برَاسادا) أُخَر—ابتداءً من «بهوذرا» وانتهاءً بـ«فِرِشَبها»، يا ذاتَ الوجهِ الحسن. أقام أولًا «كَبَرْدِّين»، ثم رتَّب القصورَ ترتيبًا لائقًا.

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्याशब्द, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी प्रयोग; (ten) विशेषण

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

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (accusative plural); प्रासादान् इत्यस्य विशेषण (other)

• भूधरादीन्: (named) Bhūdhara and others
• भूधरादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूधर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूधरादयः’ (Bhūdhara and others)

• वृषभान्तान्: ending with (the name) Vṛṣabha
• वृषभान्तान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषभ + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘वृषभपर्यन्तान्’ (ending with Vṛṣabha)

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced lady
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular); ‘वरम् आननं यस्याः’ (O fair-faced one)

• आदौ: at first
• आदौ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative used adverbially); ‘प्रथमम्’ (at first)

• कपर्द्दिनम्: Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्द्दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्द्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular); शिवस्य नाम (Kapardin)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having made/appointed)

• प्रासादान्: palaces/temples
• प्रासादान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (accusative plural)

• पर्यकल्पयत्: he arranged/constructed
• पर्यकल्पयत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कल्पय् (धातु, णिच् causative of कल्प्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (he arranged/constructed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; vocative suggests the narration may be quoting an earlier dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaparddin-sthāna and associated prāsādas (Bhūdhara…Vṛṣabha) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (addressed: ‘O fair-faced one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A planner/kingly patron figure (implied ‘he’) first consecrates a Kaparddin (Śiva) shrine—Śiva with matted locks and crescent—then lays out ten additional prāsādas, from Bhūdhara onward, ending with Vṛṣabha, with the fair-faced interlocutor addressed in the verse.

Characters & Entities

• Kaparddin (Śiva)
• Bhūdhara (prāsāda)
• Vṛṣabha (prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva (Kaparddin) is placed first, indicating the Shaiva center of the kṣetra while still embracing a wider sacred network of shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as an organized sacred complex with multiple prāsādas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it narrates the order of establishing shrines, beginning with Kaparddin.