Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवि सर्वदेवमयो हरिः । प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य तत्याज स्वं कलेवरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi sarvadevamayo hariḥ | prabhāsakṣetramāsādya tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram

Translation

Ainsi instruit, ô Grande Déesse, Hari—qui contient en lui tous les dieux—parvint à Prabhāsa-kṣetra et, là, délaissa son enveloppe corporelle.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘महā + देवी’ कर्मधारय

• सर्वदेवमयः: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-देव-मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘सर्वदेव’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + ‘मय’ (made of/consisting of)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्’ षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having reached/approached’

• तत्याज: abandoned, gave up
• तत्याज: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; स्वकीयवाचक विशेषण

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

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as Hari’s deha-tyāga locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari at the Prabhāsa shore/forest-edge, serene yet solemn, surrounded by a quiet sacred landscape; the moment of relinquishing the body is depicted as luminous withdrawal rather than violence, with devas witnessing invisibly.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified kṣetra is portrayed as a place where even divine beings enact dissolution, teaching detachment and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the place of a momentous divine departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse functions as a māhātmya statement establishing Prabhāsa’s salvific potency.