Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सेवितं चर्षिभिः सिद्धैर्यक्षविद्याधरोरगैः । तस्य सीमां प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णुक्षेत्रस्य भामिनि

Transliteration

sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhairyakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ | tasya sīmāṃ pravakṣyāmi viṣṇukṣetrasya bhāmini

Translation

Verehrt und bedient von ṛṣis und Siddhas, von Yakṣas, Vidyādharas und Nāgas — o strahlende Frau, nun will ich die Grenze jenes Viṣṇu-kṣetra verkünden.

Word by Word

• sevitam: served, frequented
• sevitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sevita (कृदन्त; √sev (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• siddhaiḥ: by siddhas
• siddhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ: by yakṣas, vidyādharas, and serpents
• yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa + vidyādhara + uraga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (yakṣāś ca vidyādharāś ca uragāś ca)

• tasya: of that (field)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sīmām: boundary, limit
• sīmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall declare
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः प्र-

• viṣṇukṣetrasya: of Viṣṇu’s sacred field
• viṣṇukṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viṣṇoḥ kṣetram)

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Viṣṇu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī (a ‘radiant lady’ interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a radiant lady, describing Prabhāsa as thronged by ṛṣis and siddhas, with yakṣas, vidyādharas, and nāgas in attendance, as the sacred boundary is about to be proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Vidyādharas
• Nāgas
• Viṣṇu-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s sanctity is affirmed by its continual veneration by divine and semi-divine beings, and by its clearly taught sacred boundaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu-kṣetra associated with Daityasūdana within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose sīmā (boundary) is about to be described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it introduces a pilgrimage-style boundary description (kṣetra-sīmā) for proper sacred orientation.