Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दिवि भुव्यंतरिक्षे च तानि तत्रैव भामिनि । तत्र मूर्तिमती गंगा स्वयमेव व्यवस्थिता

Transliteration

divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni tatraiva bhāmini | tatra mūrtimatī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā

Translation

يا أيتها المتلألئة، إن تلك التيـرثات الفاضلة في السماء والأرض والفضاء المتوسط حاضرة هناك بعينها. وهناك تقوم الغانغا نفسها مُقَرَّرة، متجسدةً في صورةٍ محسوسة.

Word by Word

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अंतरिक्षे: in the mid-region (sky)
• अंतरिक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंतरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• तानि: those (places)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• भामिनि: O radiant lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• मूर्तिमती: embodied, having form
• मूर्तिमती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (मूर्तिः अस्याः अस्ति = “embodied”); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with गङ्गा)

• गंगा: Gaṅgā
• गंगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: by herself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb: “by herself”)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• व्यवस्थिता: is established
• व्यवस्थिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → व्यव-स्था + त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with गङ्गा); “established/settled”

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Gaṅgā-sānnidhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Bhāminī (addressed as ‘O radiant one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā as a goddess stands within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, her form luminous, holding kamaṇḍalu and lotus, with three-tiered cosmic backdrop (heaven, earth, mid-space) and tiny tīrtha symbols appearing in each realm converging into the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Three worlds (heaven/earth/antarikṣa)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme kṣetra is a meeting-place of the three worlds, where even cosmic rivers like Gaṅgā become tangibly accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the locus where the tīrthas of all realms are said to be present, with embodied Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā through Gaṅgā’s presence, though no explicit injunction appears in this verse.