Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र साक्षाद्भवो देवः सृष्टिसंहारकारकः । पृथिव्यां स त्वधिष्ठाता तत्त्वानामादिमः प्रभुः

Transliteration

yatra sākṣādbhavo devaḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakaḥ | pṛthivyāṃ sa tvadhiṣṭhātā tattvānāmādimaḥ prabhuḥ

Translation

যেখানে সৃষ্টিসংহারকারী সাক্ষাৎ ভবদেব বিরাজমান; তিনি পৃথিবীতে অধিষ্ঠাতা এবং তত্ত্বসমূহের আদিম প্রভু।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक-अव्यय/locative adverb)

• साक्षात्: directly, manifestly
• साक्षात्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भवेः समानाधिकरण (apposition)

• सृष्टि-संहार-कारकः: maker of creation and destruction
• सृष्टि-संहार-कारकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + संहार (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सृष्टेः संहारस्य च कारकः)

• पृथिव्याम्: on the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; विरोध/विशेषार्थ)

• अधिष्ठाता: overseer, presiding lord
• अधिष्ठाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधि-स्था (धातु) + तृ (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि तृन्-प्रत्यय (agent noun)

• तत्त्वानाम्: of the principles/elements
• तत्त्वानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• आदिमः: primeval, first
• आदिमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रभोः)

• प्रभुः: lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva-liṅga or Śiva form radiating cosmic imagery—galaxies/kalpas—while beneath, the earthly kṣetra is shown; subtle icons of tattvas (elements, senses) orbit as if governed by him.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Tattvas
• Earth (Pṛthivī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of the kṣetra rests on the proclaimed direct presence of Śiva as the cosmic governor of creation, dissolution, and the tattvas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra, described as the locus of Bhava’s manifest presence within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes theological grounds for the site’s sanctity.