Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे त्वया वासो नित्यं कार्यः शुचिस्मिते

Transliteration

asminkṣetre tvayā vāso nityaṃ kāryaḥ śucismite

Translation

In diesem heiligen Kṣetra mögest Du auf ewig wohnen, o Du mit dem reinen, strahlenden Lächeln.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्षेत्रे-विशेषणम्

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वासः: dwelling/residence
• वासः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Avyaya (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative: always)

• कार्यः: must be done/should be (made)
• कार्यः: Pradhāna (Predicate obligation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त; कार्य)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; वासः-विशेषणम् (to be done/should be)

• शुचिस्मिते: O pure-smiling one
• शुचिस्मिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचि-स्मित (प्रातिपदिक; घटकाः: शुचि + स्मित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधनविभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (शुचि स्मितं यस्याः)

Speaker

Devas (requesting the boon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas petition the smiling, pure-faced Devī to dwell eternally in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, establishing her as the abiding guardian of the sacred landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely auspicious when divine presence is invoked and established as enduring, not momentary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, explicitly called “asmin kṣetre” in the request for Devī’s eternal abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prayer for nitya-vāsa (perpetual indwelling) of the deity in the kṣetra—often associated with consecration and ongoing worship, though not detailed here.