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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

सप्तकोट्यस्तु मंत्राणां सिद्धीनां चैव संभवः । दिव्ययोगरसाश्चान्ये दिव्यौषधिरसायनाः

saptakoṭyastu maṃtrāṇāṃ siddhīnāṃ caiva saṃbhavaḥ | divyayogarasāścānye divyauṣadhirasāyanāḥ

From that holy source arise the attainments of mantra—seven crores in number—and the very possibility of supernatural perfections. There also manifest other divine yogic essences, and alchemical elixirs prepared from celestial herbs.

सप्तseven
सप्त:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या; कोट्यः इति विशेषण (numeral)
कोट्यःcrores
कोट्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण/विरोध-अव्यय (particle)
मन्त्राणाम्of mantras
मन्त्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन
सिद्धीनाम्of siddhis/powers
सिद्धीनाम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
and
:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (particle: only/indeed)
सम्भवःorigin/arising
सम्भवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसम् + भू (धातु) / सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दिव्ययोगरसाःdivine yogic essences/juices
दिव्ययोगरसाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य + योग + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
and
:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अन्येother
अन्ये:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied पदार्थाः)
दिव्यौषधिरसायनाःdivine medicinal elixirs/rasāyanas
दिव्यौषधिरसायनाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्य + औषधि + रसायन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara focus)

Type: kshetra

Scene: From the liṅga radiate streams of mantra-syllables (akṣara-garlands) forming ‘seven crores’ as countless luminous beads; nearby, yogins receive subtle essences, while celestial herbs and rasāyana vessels glow in a sanctified laboratory-like shrine space.

S
Someśvara
P
Prabhāsa-kṣetra
L
Liṅga

FAQs

Sacred places like Prabhāsa are portrayed as power-centers where mantra and yogic attainments naturally flourish under divine grace.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the Someśvara Liṅga, is being praised as a source of extraordinary spiritual potency.

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the spontaneous emergence of mantra-siddhi and divine rasāyana associated with the kṣetra.