Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवंविधो महादेवि प्रभासे संव्यवस्थितः । आप्यतत्त्वात्समानीते मा ते भूत्संशयः क्वचित्

Transliteration

evaṃvidho mahādevi prabhāse saṃvyavasthitaḥ | āpyatattvātsamānīte mā te bhūtsaṃśayaḥ kvacit

Translation

O große Göttin, auf eben diese Weise bin ich fest in Prabhāsa gegründet. Da (diese Erscheinung) aus dem Prinzip des Wassers hervorgebracht wurde, möge in dir zu keiner Zeit Zweifel aufkommen.

Word by Word

• एवंविधः: of such a kind
• एवंविधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संव्यवस्थितः: well-established / stationed
• संव्यवस्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + वि + अव + स्था (धाातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• आप्यतत्त्वात्: from the principle of water (āpyatattva)
• आप्यतत्त्वात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप्यतत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (आप्य + तत्त्व)

• समानीते: when brought/obtained
• समानीते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु) → समानीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण; (सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः)

• मा: do not / let not
• मा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भूत्: let there be
• भूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; (भवतु/भूत्—आर्षरूप)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever / anywhere
• क्वचित्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (indefinite adverb: at any time/anywhere)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva addressing Devī at Prabhāsa, with the sea or sacred waters nearby; the deity’s form steady and luminous; Devī listens as doubt is dispelled; water imagery (waves, tīrtha-ghāṭa, kumbha) underscores āpya-tattva.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Mahādevī
• Prabhāsa
• Āpya-tattva (water principle)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is grounded in cosmic principles: the site is a deliberate manifestation within the elements, not a mere legend.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with reference to Śiva’s established presence and the site’s elemental (water) basis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; however, the mention of water-principle naturally supports tīrtha practices like snāna in the broader māhātmya setting.