Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

प्रभासे तु महादेवि तत्र द्वादशयोजने । वसिष्ठस्याश्रमे तत्र महर्षीणां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

prabhāse tu mahādevi tatra dvādaśayojane | vasiṣṭhasyāśrame tatra maharṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

En Prabhāsa, oh gran Diosa, dentro de un ámbito de doce yojanas, se hallaba el āśrama de Vasiṣṭha, morada de los maharṣis de gran alma.

Word by Word

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक — emphatic/contrastive

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• द्वादशयोजने: in the (area of) twelve yojanas
• द्वादशयोजने: Adhikarana (Location/Measure-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादश-योजन (प्रातिपदिक; द्वादश + योजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Locative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• महर्षीणाम्: of the great sages
• महर्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Of whom/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Qualifier in genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural; विशेषण (qualifier) महर्षीणाम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vasiṣṭha-āśrama (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene panorama of Prabhāsa’s sacred expanse: within a broad twelve-yojana mandala lies Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage, with thatched huts, sacred fires, and gathered maharṣis under trees near the coastal plain.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Devī
• Vasiṣṭha
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred lands are mapped not only by physical distance but by the presence of ṛṣi-āśramas that sustain dharma through tapas and teaching.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra broadly, with specific mention of Vasiṣṭha’s āśrama within its sacred circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse identifies a revered āśrama as part of the sacred landscape.