Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

प्राक्षिपत्कंकणं तत्र प्रतिवर्षं महाप्रभे । ततो देवत्वमापन्ना प्रभावात्तस्य भामिनि

Transliteration

prākṣipatkaṃkaṇaṃ tatra prativarṣaṃ mahāprabhe | tato devatvamāpannā prabhāvāttasya bhāmini

Translation

There she cast that bracelet each year, O greatly radiant One; and by its power, O lovely lady, she attained divine status.

Word by Word

• प्राक्षिपत्: (he/she) threw
• प्राक्षिपत्: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: क्षिप्, उपसर्ग: प्र (he/she threw)

• कंकणम्: the bracelet/bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• प्रतिवर्षम्: every year
• प्रतिवर्षम्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समासवत् अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (adverb): प्रति + वर्षम् = each year/annually

• महाप्रभे: O great lady
• महाप्रभे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-प्रभā (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, vocative singular); कर्मधारय: महती प्रभा यस्याः/या (O great-lustrous one)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Discourse/time marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (thereupon/then; also 'from that')

• देवत्वम्: divinity/godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• आपन्ना: having attained
• आपन्ना: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: प्राप्ता/प्राप्तवती (having attained)

• प्रभावात्: due to the power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, ablative singular)

• तस्य: of that/of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, genitive singular)

• भामिनि: O radiant one
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, vocative singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sea-snānā tīrtha near Someśvara)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the seashore of Prabhāsa, the radiant lady annually casts her bracelet into the sacred waters; the sea glows, and a subtle divine aura rises around her, signifying attainment of devatva.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (context)
• Kaṅkaṇa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent annual observance at a sacred site, performed with faith, matures into extraordinary spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra associated with Someśvara (Somnātha), where the yearly act is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A recurring yearly act (prativarṣa) of casting/offering the kaṅkaṇa at that tīrtha, alongside the implied pilgrimage and snāna.