Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

देवानामपि संस्थानं तच्च द्वादशयोजनम् । पंचयोजनमानेन पीठं तत्र प्रकीर्त्तितम्

Transliteration

devānāmapi saṃsthānaṃ tacca dvādaśayojanam | paṃcayojanamānena pīṭhaṃ tatra prakīrttitam

Translation

„Es ist sogar eine Wohnstätte der Götter und erstreckt sich über zwölf Yojanas. Dort ist ein heiliger Sitz (Pīṭha) berühmt, der fünf Yojanas misst.“

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Avadharana/Samuccaya (Particle function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• संस्थानम्: abode, site, settlement
• संस्थानम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject or complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्वादशयोजनम्: twelve-yojana (in extent)
• द्वादशयोजनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); समासः द्विगु (numerical compound)

• पञ्चयोजनमानेन: by the measure of five yojanas
• पञ्चयोजनमानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक) + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुष (measure: 'of five yojanas' + 'by measure')

• पीठम्: seat, pedestal, sacred spot
• पीठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/has been declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred coastal kṣetra rendered as a luminous mandala: gods hovering above, the land marked by a central pīṭha, with subtle measurement motifs (twelve-yojana perimeter; five-yojana seat).

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Devas
• Pīṭha
• Yojana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma sacralizes landscape: the kṣetra is mapped as a divine habitation with measurable extents to guide pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, including its famed pīṭha associated with Somnātha’s sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it provides pilgrimage-topography (kṣetra and pīṭha dimensions) as guidance for sacred travel.