Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सर्वैश्वर्यसमायुक्तः शिवतुल्यपराक्रमः । रुद्रलोके वसेत्तावद्ब्रह्मणः प्रलयावधि

Transliteration

sarvaiśvaryasamāyuktaḥ śivatulyaparākramaḥ | rudraloke vasettāvadbrahmaṇaḥ pralayāvadhi

Translation

Mit allem Wohlstand ausgestattet und an Tapferkeit Śiva gleich, weilt er in Rudras Welt bis zur Zeit der Auflösung Brahmās (Pralaya).

Word by Word

• सर्वैश्वर्यसमायुक्तः: endowed with all prosperity
• सर्वैश्वर्यसमायुक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ऐश्वर्य + समायुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—सर्वैश्वर्येण समायुक्तः (तत्पुरुष); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• शिवतुल्यपराक्रमः: having valor equal to Śiva
• शिवतुल्यपराक्रमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव + तुल्य + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—शिवेन तुल्यः पराक्रमः यस्य (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः), पदरचना तत्पुरुषवत्

• रुद्रलोके: in Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—रुद्रस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• वसेत्: would dwell
• वसेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/कालवाचक (adverb: so long/that much)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रलयावधि: until the dissolution
• प्रलयावधि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रलय + अवधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; ‘प्रलयम् अवधिः’ = ‘until dissolution’; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee, radiant with prosperity and heroic aura, is envisioned ascending to Rudra’s luminous realm, dwelling there until Brahmā’s cosmic dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Rudra-loka
• Brahmā
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva-centered observance leads not merely to worldly gain but to exalted posthumous states—closeness to Rudra and enduring spiritual sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise is part of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s praise of Śaiva practice associated with Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is a phalaśruti (result statement), describing the outcome of the previously taught vow (Somavāra-vrata).