Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्कल्पे महादेवि गते संध्यांशके प्रिये । प्रथमस्य मनोश्चादौ देवि स्वायंभुवस्य हि

Transliteration

tasminkalpe mahādevi gate saṃdhyāṃśake priye | prathamasya manoścādau devi svāyaṃbhuvasya hi

Translation

In jenem Kalpa, o Mahādevī—als der Anteil der Dämmerung vorüber war, o Geliebte—zu Beginn des ersten Manu, wahrlich des Svāyambhuva, o Devī—

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘कल्पे’ इति

• कल्पे: in the kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — महा + देवी

• गते: when (it) had passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• संध्यांशके: in the twilight-portion (intermediate period)
• संध्यांशके: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संध्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — संध्यायाः अंशकः; सति-सप्तमी सह ‘गते’

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

• प्रथमस्य: of the first
• प्रथमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् — ‘मनॊः’ इति

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• आदौ: at the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे

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

• स्वायंभुवस्य: of Svāyambhuva
• स्वायंभुवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narration continues: within the Vārāha Kalpa, after a twilight portion (saṃdhyāṃśa) had passed, the beginning of Svāyambhuva Manu’s era is indicated—an austere, chronological pivot.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī
• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Kalpa (Vārāha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching links sacred history to manvantaras and junction-times, portraying dharma as continuous across cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the māhātmya context; the verse itself sets chronology rather than naming a sub-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse functions as chronological preface.