Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इहासौ वासुदेवत्वमवाप भगवान्विभुः

Transliteration

ihāsau vāsudevatvamavāpa bhagavānvibhuḥ

Translation

এখানেই সর্বব্যাপী বিভু ভগবান্ বাসুদেবত্বের পদ ও খ্যাতি লাভ করেছিলেন।

Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; परोक्षनिर्देशक सर्वनाम

• वासुदेवत्वम्: the state of being Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त (त्व) भाववाचक; (वासुदेवस्य भावः)

• अवाप: attained
• अवाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• विभुः: all-pervading, mighty
• विभुः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Bhagavān Vibhuḥ
• Prabhāsakṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is depicted as a stage where divine names and powers become manifest—place and divinity mutually illuminate each other in Purāṇic thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, indicated by “here” within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.