Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

चतुर्विंशत्यधिकं च भुवनानां शतद्वयम् । तस्योपरि परं ज्योतिर्जागर्ति तव केवलम्

Transliteration

caturviṃśatyadhikaṃ ca bhuvanānāṃ śatadvayam | tasyopari paraṃ jyotirjāgarti tava kevalam

Translation

„Jenseits der zweihundert Welten — ja, noch um vierundzwanzig darüber hinaus — leuchtet über allem das höchste Licht; dieses Licht allein ist wach, als Du.“

Word by Word

• चतुर्विंशति: twenty-four
• चतुर्विंशति: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्विंशति (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (numeral used adjectivally)

• अधिकम्: additional/more
• अधिकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (more/additional)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• भुवनानाम्: of worlds
• भुवनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शतद्वयम्: two hundred
• शतद्वयम्: Karta (Subject; “two hundred”)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वे शते = two hundreds)

• तस्य: of that/thereof
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable adverb/preposition: above)

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जागर्ति: shines/is awake
• जागर्ति: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु) → जागर्ति
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• केवलम्: only
• केवलम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (only/solely)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual hymn within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya; a devotee/narrator praising Śiva as Amṛteśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A layered cosmos of many worlds depicted as concentric spheres; above them a single, unwavering column or orb of pure light labeled as the deity—'that Light alone awake'.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛteśvara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic realms are surpassed by the one supreme Reality—Śiva as the ever-awake, transcendent Light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where Amṛteśvara is praised as the supreme, transcendent radiance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse functions as contemplative praise (stuti) and theological affirmation.