Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

एवं द्वादश मूर्तिस्थः प्रभासक्षेत्रमध्यतः । सांबादित्येति विख्यातः स्थास्ये मन्वन्तरान्तरे

Transliteration

evaṃ dvādaśa mūrtisthaḥ prabhāsakṣetramadhyataḥ | sāṃbādityeti vikhyātaḥ sthāsye manvantarāntare

Translation

So werde ich, hier in zwölf Gestalten verweilend, im innersten Mittelpunkt von Prabhāsa Kṣetra, durch die Manvantaras hindurch bleiben, berühmt unter dem Namen „Sāṃbāditya“.

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• dvādaśa: twelve
• dvādaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत् (indeclinable numeral in composition/usage); विशेषण

• mūrti-sthaḥ: situated in (twelve) forms
• mūrti-sthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (मूर्तौ स्थितः)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-madhyataḥ: from the midst of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-madhyataḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तद्धित/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्-प्रत्ययान्त), पञ्चमी-अर्थे (ablatival adverb) ‘from the middle’; समास: प्राभास-क्षेत्रस्य मध्यात्

• sāṃbāditya-iti: as ‘Sāṃbāditya’
• sāṃbāditya-iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃbāditya (प्रातिपदिक) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle) नामनिर्देशे

• vikhyātaḥ: renowned/known
• vikhyātaḥ: Pradhana-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√khyā (धातु) + ta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत्), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sthāsye: I shall remain/stand
• sthāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• manvantara-antare: in the interval between Manvantaras
• manvantara-antare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manvantara (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (मन्वन्तरस्य अन्तरे)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāṃbāditya at Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāṃba / Yādava addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya enthroned at the heart of Prabhāsa, surrounded by a twelvefold aura/mandala (twelve forms/Ādityas), with the sea and sacred precincts faintly visible; inscription-like emphasis on the name ‘Sāṃbāditya’.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Sāṃbāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not temporary: divine presence is described as enduring across cosmic ages, making pilgrimage and worship perpetually meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The central sanctity of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the presence known as Sāṃbāditya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the verse establishes the deity’s name, locus, and enduring sacred status.