Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तासां मध्ये महादेवि एका विश्वेति विश्रुता । सा धर्माच्च महादेवि अष्टावजनयत्सुतान्

Transliteration

tāsāṃ madhye mahādevi ekā viśveti viśrutā | sā dharmācca mahādevi aṣṭāvajanayatsutān

Translation

Parmi elles, ô Mahādevī, l’une était renommée sous le nom de Viśvā ; et elle, de Dharma, ô Mahādevī, enfanta huit fils.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मध्ये: among/in the midst
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• एका: one (female)
• एका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संख्याशब्द

• विश्वा: Viśvā (name)
• विश्वा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय

• विश्रुता: well-known
• विश्रुता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रु (धातु) → विश्रुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धर्मात्: from Dharma
• धर्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

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

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; संख्याशब्द

• अजनयत्: gave birth to/produced
• अजनयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• सुतान्: sons
• सुतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī addressed within the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, iconic tableau of Viśvā (a divine mother) with Dharma as a radiant, austere presence; eight infant-lights (future Vasus) suggested as luminous emblems rather than literal babies; the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa hinted in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Viśvā
• Dharma
• Vasus

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tīrtha narratives ground sacred places in cosmic family-lines, linking devotion to an ordered, meaningful universe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually), as this lineage leads to Pratyūṣa’s pilgrimage and liṅga establishment there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the genealogical account.