Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

आकाशभागसंस्थाने स्थितः साक्षात्सदाशिवः

Transliteration

ākāśabhāgasaṃsthāne sthitaḥ sākṣātsadāśivaḥ

Translation

Dans le domaine de l’éther (ākāśa) demeure Sadaśiva Lui-même, manifesté directement.

Word by Word

• आकाशभागसंस्थाने: in the location/region of the sky-portion
• आकाशभागसंस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश-भाग-संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक; आकाश + भाग + संस्थान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (आकाशस्य भागस्य संस्थाने)

• स्थितः: situated
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly, in person
• साक्षात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable: directly, manifestly)

• सदाशिवः: Sadāśiva
• सदाशिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदा-शिव (प्रातिपदिक; सदा + शिव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘ever-auspicious’)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as ākāśa-vyāpta Śiva-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast coastal sacred landscape of Prabhāsa under an open sky; Sadāśiva is suggested not as a single idol but as a luminous presence filling the ether above the kṣetra, with subtle radiance descending upon tīrtha waters.

Characters & Entities

• Ākāśa
• Sadāśiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest Śaiva principle (Sadāśiva) is identified with the subtlest element, ākāśa, signaling transcendence and pervasion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, the verse bolsters Prabhāsa’s greatness by linking the kṣetra’s theology to the cosmic elements.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a concise theological assertion.