Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

कलेवरं परित्यक्तं प्रभासे हरिणा यदा । कलाभिः सहितं तेजस्तस्यां मूर्तौ निवेशितम्

Transliteration

kalevaraṃ parityaktaṃ prabhāse hariṇā yadā | kalābhiḥ sahitaṃ tejastasyāṃ mūrtau niveśitam

Translation

Lorsque Hari délaissa son corps à Prabhāsa, sa splendeur rayonnante—avec ses parts divines (kalās)—fut établie dans cette forme sacrée (mūrti).

Word by Word

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• परित्यक्तम्: abandoned
• परित्यक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभासे: at Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• हरिणा: by Hari
• हरिणा: Kartr/Hetu (Agent/Cause/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb: 'when')

• कलाभिः: with (his) parts/portions
• कलाभिः: Sahakarana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सहितम्: accompanied/combined
• सहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) / सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेजः: splendour/energy
• तेजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तस्याम्: in that
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मूर्तौ: in the form/icon
• मूर्तौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• निवेशितम्: was placed/installed
• निवेशितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Twilight at Prabhāsa: Kṛṣṇa’s serene departure, with a stream of radiant tejas (with multiple kalā-rays) moving into a sanctified mūrti within a shrine; sages witness in awe and grief.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Prabhāsa
• mūrti (sacred image/form)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when the Lord’s manifest body is relinquished, His divine radiance and presence remain accessible through sanctified forms and sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Hari’s final līlā and the abiding sanctity of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it supports mūrti-upāsanā (devotional worship of the installed sacred form) in a sanctified kṣetra.