Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पुत्रः शतकलाकस्य जैगीषव्य इति श्रुतः । प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य स चक्रे दुश्चरं तपः

Transliteration

putraḥ śatakalākasya jaigīṣavya iti śrutaḥ | prabhāsakṣetramāsādya sa cakre duścaraṃ tapaḥ

Translation

Er war der Sohn des Śatakalāka, bekannt unter dem Namen Jaigīṣavya. Als er das heilige Kṣetra von Prabhāsa erreichte, übte er äußerst schwer zu vollziehende Askese.

Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• शतकलाकस्य: of Śatakalāka
• शतकलाकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतकलाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• जैगीषव्यः: Jaigīṣavya
• जैगीषव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जैगीषव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• इति: thus, named as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative particle)

• श्रुतः: was known (as)
• श्रुतः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘heard/known (as)’

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having reached/approached’

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

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• दुश्चरम्: difficult to perform
• दुश्चरम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुश्चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as tapas-bhūmi for Jaigīṣavya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Introduction of the sage: Jaigīṣavya, son of Śatakalāka, arrives at Prabhāsa and begins formidable austerities, marking the start of the shrine’s founding narrative.

Characters & Entities

• Jaigīṣavya
• Śatakalāka
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a sacred kṣetra with disciplined tapas draws divine attention and establishes the tīrtha’s fame through realized seekers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the destination where Jaigīṣavya performs extraordinary austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted, though no step-by-step rite is specified in this verse.