Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

आराधयंतु ते सर्वे क्षेत्रेऽस्मिन्संस्थिता विभो । स्वकीयायुःप्रमाणेन ब्रह्मणः प्रलयादनु

Transliteration

ārādhayaṃtu te sarve kṣetre'sminsaṃsthitā vibho | svakīyāyuḥpramāṇena brahmaṇaḥ pralayādanu

Translation

Mögen sie alle, die in diesem heiligen Gebiet verweilen, Dich verehren, o Herr—ein jeder nach dem Maß seiner eigenen Lebensspanne—bis zur Auflösung (Pralaya) am Ende des Brahmā-Zeitalters.

Word by Word

• ārādhayantu: let (them) worship
• ārādhayantu: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• kṣetre: in the sacred field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• saṃsthitāḥ: situated, abiding
• saṃsthitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (plural)

• vibho: O Lord
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• svakīya-āyuḥ-pramāṇena: by the measure of their own lifespan
• svakīya-āyuḥ-pramāṇena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svakīya (प्रातिपदिक) + āyus (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/सम्बन्ध), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (singular)

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā / of Brahman
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• pralayāt: from the dissolution
• pralayāt: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन (singular)

• anu: after, following
• anu: Upapada/Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्गार्थे (postposition-like: 'after, following')

Speaker

Candra (Soma, the Moon-god)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Somnātha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Vibhu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A long temporal panorama: devotees in successive eras worshiping at the same Prabhāsa shrine; the scene subtly transitions from one age to another, ending in a distant vision of pralaya while the liṅga’s radiance remains.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva (Vibhu/Deveśa)
• Brahmā
• Pralaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-devotion is steady and lifelong, and its significance is framed on a cosmic scale.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the beloved field of Śiva (Somnātha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General prescription of ārādhana (worship/propitiation) while residing in the kṣetra; no specific method is detailed.