Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

आयामादीनि जानीहि गुह्यानि सुरसुन्दरि । आद्ये कल्पे पुरा देवि प्रमोदनमिति स्मृतम्

Transliteration

āyāmādīni jānīhi guhyāni surasundari | ādye kalpe purā devi pramodanamiti smṛtam

Translation

Sache ses dimensions et les autres détails—ce sont des secrets, ô beauté céleste. Dans le tout premier kalpa, jadis, ô Devī, on s’en souvenait sous le nom de « Pramodana ».

Word by Word

• आयामादीनि: (the names) beginning with Āyāma, etc.
• आयामादीनि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयाम-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (आयामः आदिः येषां तानि)

• जानीहि: know/learn
• जानीहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गुह्यानि: secret
• गुह्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (आयामादीनि इति)

• सुरसुन्दरि: O beautiful goddess
• सुरसुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (सुरा एव सुन्दरी)

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

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

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रमोदनम्: Pramodana (name)
• प्रमोदनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमोदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus/‘called’
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्मृतम्: was remembered/was called
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is remembered/called’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (earliest-kalpa name: Pramodana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A female divine/royal listener addressed as ‘surasundarī’ and ‘devī’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-figure reveals a sacred map: concentric boundary lines of Prabhāsa with marked āyāma; above, a faint overlay of an earlier-age label ‘Pramodana’ shimmering like an ancient palimpsest.

Characters & Entities

• Kalpa
• Pramodana (place-name)
• Devi (listener, unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography has inner (guhya) dimensions; knowing a tīrtha includes knowing its timeless identity across cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose earliest kalpa-name is given as Pramodana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse frames an esoteric disclosure about the kṣetra’s measures and ancient name.