Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तत्तपः सफलं त्वद्य जातं मे भक्तवत्सल । प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यमद्य मे प्रकटीकृतम्

Transliteration

tattapaḥ saphalaṃ tvadya jātaṃ me bhaktavatsala | prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyamadya me prakaṭīkṛtam

Translation

That austerity has become fruitful today, O lover of devotees. Today the greatness of Prabhāsa-kṣetra has been made manifest to me.

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nominative/accusative singular); विशेषणरूपेण ‘tapaḥ’ इत्यस्य

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular)

• saphalam: fruitful, successful
• saphalam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (neuter nominative singular); ‘tapaḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• jātam: has become
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भू/अभवत्’ अर्थे (has become)

• me: my, of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• bhaktavatsala: O lover of devotees
• bhaktavatsala: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta + vatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन (masculine vocative singular); ‘भक्तेषु वत्सलः’

• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam: the greatness of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa + kṣetra + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• adya: today, now
• adya: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी, एकवचन (dative singular)

• prakaṭīkṛtam: has been revealed/made manifest
• prakaṭīkṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kaṭī + kṛ (धातु) + prakaṭīkṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थकं (has been made manifest/revealed)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity, compassionate to devotees, reveals a radiant vision of Prabhāsa’s greatness—light spreading over the kṣetra, temple and coastline glowing; the devotee kneels in gratitude as the fruit of tapas ripens.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva (Bhakta-vatsala)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The fruit of tapas is not only boons but revelation—knowing and experiencing the māhātmya of a sacred place is itself a divine gift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly glorified as its māhātmya is ‘revealed’ to the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it states the principle that devotion and austerity lead to revelation of tīrtha-greatness.