Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 197

Devanagari script

यत्तस्य ऋङ्मयं तेजस्तत्प्रभासेऽपतत्प्रिये । यजुर्मयेन देवेशि भाविता द्यौर्महाप्रभोः

Transliteration

yattasya ṛṅmayaṃ tejastatprabhāse'patatpriye | yajurmayena deveśi bhāvitā dyaurmahāprabhoḥ

Translation

Jener Glanz von ihm, der von der Natur des Ṛk (Ṛgveda) war, fiel in Prabhāsa herab, o Geliebte. Und durch den Anteil von der Natur des Yajus (Yajurveda), o Herrin der Götter, wurde der Himmel des Großen Herrn mit Kraft erfüllt.

Word by Word

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun (correlative with tat)

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ṛṅ-mayam: made of Ṛg (Ṛgveda)
• ṛṅ-mayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṛc (प्रातिपदिक; ऋक्) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ṛgbhiḥ/ṛcāṃ mayam = made of Ṛk); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with tejaḥ

• tejaḥ: radiance, energy
• tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• apatat: fell
• apatat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; fell

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• yajur-mayena: by/with that made of Yajus (Yajurveda)
• yajur-mayena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yajus (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular (means)

• deveśi: O goddess, mistress of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (devānām īśī); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• bhāvitā: was produced/formed, was made to be
• bhāvitā: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + -ita (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/इत), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

• dyauḥ: the heaven (sky)
• dyauḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• mahā-prabhoḥ: of the great lord
• mahā-prabhoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced); Vedic mapping given in narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Golden Vedic radiance streams from Sūrya and descends onto Prabhāsa like luminous hymns taking form; a second stream, marked by yajus symbolism, rises to empower the heaven/abode of the Great Lord (Śiva).

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Ṛgveda (Ṛk)
• Yajurveda (Yajus)
• Dyauḥ (Heaven)
• Mahāprabhu (Great Lord; contextually a supreme deity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are seen as condensations of Vedic power—scriptural energies are localized for the benefit of devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is explicitly named as the locus where a Veda-natured portion of radiance descends.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse provides a Veda-based sanctification of Prabhāsa, supporting Vedic recitation and praise there.