Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एकार्णवगते लोके तत्पंकजमपंकजम् । येनोद्धृतं क्षणेनैव प्रभासस्थः स किं हरिः

Transliteration

ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṃkajamapaṃkajam | yenoddhṛtaṃ kṣaṇenaiva prabhāsasthaḥ sa kiṃ hariḥ

Translation

Als die Welt zu einem einzigen Ozean geworden war, hob er jenen makellosen Lotos im Augenblick empor—wenn Hari in Prabhāsa weilt, was ließe sich da noch verneinen?

Word by Word

• ekārṇava-gate: in the world that had become one ocean
• ekārṇava-gate: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekārṇava (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam गतौ)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; gata-शब्दः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनं (here: locative singular agreeing with loke) — ‘having gone into/being in’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tat-paṅkajam: that lotus
• tat-paṅkajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tat = ‘of that’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• apaṅkajam: mudless (pure)
• apaṅkajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apaṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tat-paṅkajam)

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/करणे प्रयोगः

• uddhṛtam: was lifted up
• uddhṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु; हरणे)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः — ‘was lifted up’

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; काल-करणे

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — अवधारणार्थकः (emphatic)

• prabhāsa-sthaḥ: dwelling in Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa-sthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā तिष्ठति)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; stha-शब्दः क्त/कृदन्त-प्रायः (स्थ ‘standing/being’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying hariḥ)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kim: how?/what?
• kim: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (same inquiry voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The world as a single ocean; from the waters rises a spotless lotus/earth-symbol lifted instantly by the Lord (Varāha resonance), while the Prabhāsa shoreline glows, implying the same savior-power abides here.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Lotus (cosmic motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By linking cosmic creation/dissolution imagery to Prabhāsa, the text teaches that tīrthas are gateways to experiencing the Supreme’s vastness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-stha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a contemplative praise-question.