Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं देवि प्रभावं देविकोद्भवम् । ऋषिणा स्थापितश्चापि भवो जाले श्वरस्तदा

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ devi prabhāvaṃ devikodbhavam | ṛṣiṇā sthāpitaścāpi bhavo jāle śvarastadā

Translation

O Göttin, dies ist dir berichtet worden: die wunderbare Macht, die aus Devikā hervorging. Und dort wurde auch Bhava (Śiva) vom ṛṣi als Jāleśvara eingesetzt.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (neuter, nom./acc. singular; pronoun)

• te: to you / for you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (2nd person pronoun, dative/genitive singular)

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (feminine, vocative singular)

• prabhāvam: power, greatness
• prabhāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (masculine, accusative singular)

• devikā-udbhavam: arisen from Devikā
• devikā-udbhavam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devikā (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (devikāyāḥ udbhavam / devikāto udbhavam) (masc. acc. sg.)

• ṛṣiṇā: by a sage
• ṛṣiṇā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (masculine, instrumental singular)

• sthāpitaḥ: was established
• sthāpitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः एकवचनम् (masc. nom. sg.)

• ca: and
• ca: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: also)

• bhavaḥ: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (masculine, nominative singular; epithet of Śiva)

• jāleśvaraḥ: Jāleśvara (Lord of Jāla)
• jāleśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāla (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jālasya īśvaraḥ) (masc. nom. sg.; proper name/title)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: then)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-tīrtha / Jāleśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī listens as Īśvara describes the miraculous power arising from Devikā; a sage performs liṅga-pratiṣṭhā, establishing Bhava as Jāleśvara near a sacred waterbody.

Characters & Entities

• Devikā
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Jāleśvara
• ṛṣi (sage)
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred waters and saintly स्थापना (installation) reveal Śiva’s presence, making the place a source of transformative merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devikā and the shrine of Jāleśvara in the Prabhāsakṣetra region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship of Bhava as Jāleśvara at the site established by the sage.