Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

इदानीं च श्रुतं सर्वं स्वस्थाहं कारणं वद । प्रभावं प्रथमं ब्रूहि क्षेत्रस्य च भवस्य च

Transliteration

idānīṃ ca śrutaṃ sarvaṃ svasthāhaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada | prabhāvaṃ prathamaṃ brūhi kṣetrasya ca bhavasya ca

Translation

Nun habe ich alles vernommen und bin gefasst; nenne mir den Grund. Zuerst erkläre die Herrlichkeit—dieses kṣetra und ebenso die des Bhava (Śiva).

Word by Word

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘heard’

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of śrutam: ‘everything’)

• svasthā: at ease, composed
• svasthā: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of aham)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kāraṇam: the reason
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• vada: tell
• vada: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prabhāvam: the power/effect, glory
• prabhāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• prathamam: first
• prathamam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prathama (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: first)

• brūhi: tell, speak
• brūhi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṣetrasya: of the sacred field
• kṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavasya: of Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘Bhava’ = Śiva

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (as respondent in next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful interlocutor, now calm after hearing prior narration, folds hands and asks the Lord to explain first the glory of the sacred field and then the greatness of Bhava (Śiva).

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha Kṣetra (implied)
• Bhava (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Māhātmya is not only geography but theology: a kṣetra’s power is inseparable from the deity whose presence sanctifies it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra within Prabhāsa, whose prabhāva Pārvatī requests Śiva to explain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse requests an authoritative exposition of prabhāva (spiritual efficacy) and its cause.