Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

अद्याऽपि देवलोके तु शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम् । तदर्थोऽत्र चतुर्लक्षः संक्षेपेण निवेशितः

Transliteration

adyā'pi devaloke tu śatakoṭipravistaram | tadartho'tra caturlakṣaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitaḥ

Translation

Even today, in the world of the gods, it extends in full expanse to a hundred koṭis; but here its meaning has been set down in brief as four lakhs.

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle): ‘also/even’

• देवलोके: in the world of the gods
• देवलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव, प्रातिपदिक) + loka (लोक, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (contrastive particle)

• शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्: having an extent of a hundred crores
• शतकोटिप्रविस्तरम्: Karta (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata-koṭi (शतकोटि, संख्याप्रातिपदिक) + pravistara (प्रविस्तर, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तदर्थः: its meaning/purport
• तदर्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + artha (अर्थ, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अत्र, अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• चतुर्लक्षः: four lakhs (as a total)
• चतुर्लक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur-lakṣa (चतुर्लक्ष, संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• संक्षेपेण: by abridgement; in summary
• संक्षेपेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkṣepa (संक्षेप, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• निवेशितः: has been placed/inserted
• निवेशितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√viś (नि+विश्, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि-प्रत्यय (past passive participle, PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-sattamas (sage assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic contrast tableau: deva-loka libraries of immeasurable extent fade into a focused human manuscript of four lakhs, presented in a sacred assembly at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devaloka (world of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The infinite dharma-meaning is vast, yet compassionately condensed so humans can study, remember, and practice it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra Māhātmya, but this verse centers on the scale of Purāṇic revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.