Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

पुनः कालान्तरे देवि शापाद्दुर्वाससः प्रिये । यादवस्थलतां प्राप्ताः प्रभासे पापनाशने

Transliteration

punaḥ kālāntare devi śāpāddurvāsasaḥ priye | yādavasthalatāṃ prāptāḥ prabhāse pāpanāśane

Translation

Und wiederum, nach einiger Zeit, o Göttin, o Geliebte, gelangten sie aufgrund des Fluches des Durvāsas zur Siedlung der Yādavas in Prabhāsa, dem heiligen Ort, der Sünde vernichtet.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक — Indeclinable; ‘again’

• कालान्तरे: at another time
• कालान्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; ‘at another time/after some time’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• शापात्: from/because of a curse
• शापात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative (5th), Singular

• दुर्वाससः: of Durvāsas
• दुर्वाससः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• यादवस्थलताम्: the state of being (a land) of the Yādavas
• यादवस्थलताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव + स्थलता (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Singular; ‘state/condition of being a Yādava-settlement/land’

• प्राप्ताः: (they) attained/reached
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) प्रयुक्तं क्रियार्थे; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle used predicatively; Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पापनाशने: (in the) sin-destroying (place)
• पापनाशने: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; विशेषण of प्रभासे (kṣetra) ‘sin-destroying’

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: narration to Devī within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Yādava-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A time-lapse sense of return: the same sacred coastal kṣetra of Prabhāsa appears again; the women arrive under the shadow of a sage’s curse, yet the tīrtha radiates purification.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Durvāsas
• Yādava
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even under the force of destiny and curses, sacred places like Prabhāsa are portrayed as powerful grounds for purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa, explicitly praised as pāpanāśana—‘the destroyer of sins’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets narrative context involving a curse and arrival at the tīrtha.