Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

जगत्प्रभुर्लोककर्ता सत्त्वमूर्तिर्महाप्रभः । आगतश्चाष्टवर्षस्तु क्षेत्रे प्राभासिके शुभे

Transliteration

jagatprabhurlokakartā sattvamūrtirmahāprabhaḥ | āgataścāṣṭavarṣastu kṣetre prābhāsike śubhe

Translation

Le Seigneur de l’univers, créateur des mondes, le Grand Rayonnant dont la forme est l’Être pur, vint au saint kṣetra de Prabhāsa, lieu de bon augure, sous l’apparence d’un enfant de huit ans.

Word by Word

• जगत्प्रभुः: lord of the world
• जगत्प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्- + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• लोककर्ता: creator of the worlds
• लोककर्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक- + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• सत्त्वमूर्तिः: one whose embodiment is sattva (purity)
• सत्त्वमूर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व- + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• महाप्रभः: the great lord
• महाप्रभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा- + प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• आगतः: having come; arrived
• आगतः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टवर्षः: eight years old
• अष्टवर्षः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट- + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (singular)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• प्राभासिके: of Prabhāsa
• प्राभासिके: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राभासिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Brahmā’s advent locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, radiant and serene, arrives in the auspicious Prabhāsa field as an eight-year-old boy—yet bearing the majesty of the world-creator; pilgrims and sages witness the paradox of childlike form and cosmic authority.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (implied)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power may manifest in humble, youthful form; purity (sattva) and creative lordship are inseparable in Brahmā’s portrayal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, the auspicious sacred field associated with Somanātha and Brahmā’s presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse provides mythic-hagiographic context for darśana and veneration at Prabhāsa.