Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां प्रादुर्भूता पुनःपुनः । आद्ये कल्पे जगन्माता जगद्योनिर्द्वितीयके

Transliteration

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ prādurbhūtā punaḥpunaḥ | ādye kalpe jaganmātā jagadyonirdvitīyake

Translation

For the sake of showing grace to the worlds, you manifest again and again. In the first kalpa you were known as ‘Mother of the Universe’; in the second, as ‘Womb/Source of the Universe.’

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहार्थम्: for the sake of grace/favor
• अनुग्रहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रादुर्भूता: manifested; appeared
• प्रादुर्भूता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रादुस् (उपसर्गवत्) + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle used intransitively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (reduplication: repeatedly)

• आद्ये: in the first
• आद्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कल्पे: kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगन्माता: Mother of the world
• जगन्माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगद्योनिः: womb/source of the world
• जगद्योनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वितीयके: in the second (kalpa)
• द्वितीयके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कल्पे इति अध्याहार्य)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: Devī appearing repeatedly to aid worlds; two highlighted forms—Jagadmātā nurturing beings, and Jagadyoni as the luminous source from which creation unfolds.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Jaganmātā
• Jagadyoni
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess manifests repeatedly out of compassion; her names reveal functions—nurturing as Mother and generating as Source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the textual setting; the māhātmya frames these revelations as part of the kṣetra’s sacred discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse supports devotional remembrance of Devī’s names (nāma-smaraṇa).