Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 166

Devanagari script

मन्वन्तरे चाक्षुषे च द्वितीये द्वापरे शुभे । तत्र यज्ञः समारब्धो ब्रह्मणा लोककारिणा

Transliteration

manvantare cākṣuṣe ca dvitīye dvāpare śubhe | tatra yajñaḥ samārabdho brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā

Translation

Dans l’auspicieux âge Dvāpara du second Manvantara (Cākṣuṣa), Brahmā—bienfaiteur des mondes—y entreprit un sacrifice (à Prabhāsa).

Word by Word

• मन्वन्तरे: in the Manvantara
• मन्वन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

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

• आक्षुषे: in (the) Cākṣuṣa (Manvantara)
• आक्षुषे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (मन्वन्तरे) विशेषण; Locative singular

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

• द्वितीये: in the second
• द्वितीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (द्वापरे) विशेषण; Locative singular

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; Locative singular

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (द्वापरे) विशेषण; Locative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय; adverb of place

• यज्ञः: a sacrifice
• यज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• समारब्धः: begun/undertaken
• समारब्धः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√रभ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (यज्ञः) विशेषण; past passive participle

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• लोककारिणा: by the benefactor/creator of the worlds
• लोककारिणा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकस्य कारिन्); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; (ब्रह्मणा) विशेषण; Instrumental singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Brahma-yajña-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā begins a grand yajña at Prabhāsa: fire altar blazing, priests chanting, devas assembling; the scene is framed by coastal light and the distant Someśvara presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara
• Dvāpara-yuga
• Brahmā
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s greatness is validated through cosmic history: even Brahmā performs world-benefiting yajñas at Prabhāsa.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the locus of Brahmā’s yajña.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions the commencement of a yajña (sacrificial rite) by Brahmā, establishing the site’s sacrificial sanctity.