Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 148

Devanagari script

युगेयुगे तु तीर्थानि कीर्तितानि सुरेश्वरि । तेषां मे वल्लभं देवि प्रभासं क्षेत्रमेव च

Transliteration

yugeyuge tu tīrthāni kīrtitāni sureśvari | teṣāṃ me vallabhaṃ devi prabhāsaṃ kṣetrameva ca

Translation

In every age, O Lady of the gods, the tīrthas are praised; yet among them, O Devī, the kṣetra most beloved to me is this very Prabhāsa.

Word by Word

• yuge: in an age
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• yuge: in (each) age
• yuge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति—‘in every age’)

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

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• kīrtitāni: have been proclaimed
• kīrtitāni: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु) → kīrtita (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘praised/mentioned’

• sureśvari: O queen/lady of the gods
• sureśvari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sureśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् ईश्वरी)

• teṣām: of those
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• vallabham: dear, beloved
• vallabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vallabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (प्रिय)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• prabhāsam: Prabhāsa (place-name)
• prabhāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (नामविशेष)

• kṣetram: sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eva: alone, indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle), अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction), अव्यय

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celebratory proclamation: Skanda (or the speaking deity) indicates a radiant map-like vision of many tīrthas across ages, yet Prabhāsa shines brightest at the center with Somnātha temple and coastal glow; Devī receives the declaration with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa
• Tīrtha
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Among many celebrated tīrthas, Prabhāsa is singled out as exceptionally dear and spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha) is explicitly glorified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as praise (kīrtana) of Prabhāsa’s supremacy among tīrthas.