Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

प्रभवं सर्वलोकानां धर्माणां च विशेषतः । इत्थं देहेन पृथिवीं भावेन यजनेन च

Transliteration

prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | itthaṃ dehena pṛthivīṃ bhāvena yajanena ca

Translation

أنا مصدر العوالم كلّها، وعلى الخصوص مصدر الدارما. وهكذا بذاتي وبإرادتي وبالعبادة أُقيم الأرض وأحفظها.

Word by Word

• प्रभवम्: origin/source
• प्रभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्व-लोकानाम्: of all worlds/people
• सर्व-लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वे लोकाः)

• धर्माणाम्: of dharmas / of duties
• धर्माणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (especially)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• देहेन: with the body
• देहेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• भावेन: by intention/attitude
• भावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यजनेन: by sacrifice/worship
• यजनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

Speaker

King Vena

Characters & Entities

• Vena
• Pṛthivī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not manufactured by ego; claiming cosmic authority for oneself is portrayed as delusion that destabilizes the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred frame, though this verse centers on Vena’s doctrinal deviation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajana (worship/sacrifice) is referenced, but as something Vena wrongly claims should be directed to himself.