Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणेष्वधिकारोऽस्ति व्रते पाशुपते शुभे । ब्राह्मणीं तनुमास्थाय संभवामि युगेयुगे

Transliteration

brāhmaṇeṣvadhikāro'sti vrate pāśupate śubhe | brāhmaṇīṃ tanumāsthāya saṃbhavāmi yugeyuge

Translation

L’aptitude à l’observance pāśupata, si propice, appartient aux brāhmaṇas. Revêtant le corps d’une femme brāhmaṇa, je me manifeste d’âge en âge.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणेषु: among Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेषु: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• अधिकारः: eligibility/authority
• अधिकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• व्रते: in the vow
• व्रते: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पाशुपते: Pāśupata
• पाशुपते: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाशुपत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘व्रते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘व्रते’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ब्राह्मणीम्: a Brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तनुम्: body/form
• तनुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having assumed
• आस्थाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having assumed/taken up’

• संभवामि: I arise/manifest
• संभवामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• युगे: in an age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• युगे: in every age
• युगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्त्या ‘युगे युगे’ = प्रत्येकयुगे (distributive)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāśupateśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: the deity declares recurring manifestation ‘age after age,’ shown as a sequence of yugas in the background (changing skies/eras), while a brāhmaṇa woman-form is symbolically indicated, with Śiva-liṅga and sacred fire nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pāśupata-vrata
• Brāhmaṇa
• Brāhmaṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The vow is presented as a lineage-regulated Śaiva discipline, and Śiva is portrayed as manifesting repeatedly across ages to uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra in the Pāśupateśvara Māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An eligibility statement (adhikāra) for undertaking the Pāśupata vrata.