Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । कल्पं हि तिष्ठते चास्थि यावद्भूमिविपर्ययः । उत्तिष्ठ व्रज भद्रं ते प्रभासं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

rājovāca | kalpaṃ hi tiṣṭhate cāsthi yāvadbhūmiviparyayaḥ | uttiṣṭha vraja bhadraṃ te prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam

Translation

Der König sprach: „Wahrlich, dieser Knochen bleibt ein ganzes Äon lang bestehen – bis zum Umsturz der Erde. Steh auf und lass uns gehen; möge es dir wohl ergehen – nach Prabhāsa, dem höchsten heiligen Feld.“

Word by Word

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; masculine nominative singular

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; perfect, 3rd sg

• kalpam: for an aeon, a long time
• kalpam: Kriya-viseshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; masculine accusative singular (extent of time)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• tiṣṭhate: stands, remains
• tiṣṭhate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; present, 3rd sg

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• asthi: bone
• asthi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg

• yāvat: until, as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit marker/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिबोधक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• bhūmi-viparyayaḥ: upheaval/overturning of the earth
• bhūmi-viparyayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi + viparyaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; masculine nominative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (bhūmeḥ viparyayaḥ)

• uttiṣṭha: rise up
• uttiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud√sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; imperative, 2nd sg

• vraja: go
• vraja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; imperative, 2nd sg

• bhadram: good fortune, auspiciousness
• bhadram: Karma (Benedictive object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; neuter nom/acc sg; used as benediction

• te: to you, for you
• te: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun dative singular

• prabhāsam: to Prabhāsa
• prabhāsam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; masculine accusative singular (place-name)

• kṣetram: field, sacred region
• kṣetram: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; neuter accusative singular

• uttamam: excellent, best
• uttamam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; neuter accusative singular; agrees with kṣetram

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king reassures: the bone remains for a kalpa until earth’s upheaval; he urges the queen to rise and go to Prabhāsa, the supreme kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• kalpa
• bhūmi-viparyaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s greatness transcends ordinary time; sacred places endure and continue to grant merit across vast cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as “kṣetram uttamam” (the supreme sacred region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A call to undertake yātrā (pilgrimage) to Prabhāsa; no specific vow is detailed in this verse.