Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सहस्राणां तु पञ्चैव नियतं सार्द्धमेव च । इति वृत्ते महादेव्या पुनः प्रोक्तो नराधिपः

Transliteration

sahasrāṇāṃ tu pañcaiva niyataṃ sārddhameva ca | iti vṛtte mahādevyā punaḥ prokto narādhipaḥ

Translation

Ihre Zahl war gewiss festgesetzt auf fünftausendfünfhundert. Als dies geschehen war, sprach die Große Göttin erneut zum Herrscher der Menschen, dem König.

Word by Word

• sahasrāṇām: of thousands
• sahasrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (सहस्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अन्वयार्थक

• pañca: five
• pañca: Karta (Count/subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (पञ्च संख्याशब्द)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; (here) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (number used substantively)

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• niyatam: fixed/definite
• niyatam: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niyata (नियत प्रातिपदिक; नि+यम् धातु-क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (implicit count/amount)

• sārddham: together with / and a half (contextual)
• sārddham: Sambandha (Accompaniment/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddha (सार्द्ध प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: सह-भाववाचक-अव्यय (with, together with)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

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

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation/closure marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः

• vṛtte: when this had occurred / when it was so
• vṛtte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛt (वृत् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• mahādevyā: by the great goddess
• mahādevyā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा) + devī (देवी)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारयः; महती देवी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Repetition/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय

• proktaḥ: was addressed / was spoken to
• proktaḥ: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + vac (प्र + वच् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि भूतकर्मणि; विशेषणम् (नराधिपः)

• narādhipaḥ: the lord of men (king)
• narādhipaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (नर) + adhipa (अधिप)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; नराणाम् अधिपः); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line or cluster of goat-forms stands separated and counted, while the Devī prepares to speak again; scribes or attendants gesture as if tallying the number.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (Bhairavī)
• King (narādhipa)
• Ajā-rūpa vyādhis (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic account emphasizes the completeness of divine healing—afflictions are removed in totality, counted and concluded.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the event and the Goddess’s instructions unfold.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse transitions from the miracle to further divine instruction.