Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

राजमार्गोपरथ्याश्च चत्वराणि त्रिकाणि च । द्वाराण्यट्टालकांश्चैव निर्गमान्संक्रमांस्तथा

Transliteration

rājamārgoparathyāśca catvarāṇi trikāṇi ca | dvārāṇyaṭṭālakāṃścaiva nirgamānsaṃkramāṃstathā

Translation

«Les grandes voies royales et les ruelles, les places et les carrefours à trois branches; les portes et les tours de garde, les sorties et les passages également—»

Word by Word

• राजमार्ग: royal roads
• राजमार्ग: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्ववत् सूचीकरणे); ‘राज्ञः मार्गाः’

• उपरथ्याः: by-lanes, side-streets
• उपरथ्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपरथ्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चत्वराणि: squares, crossroads
• चत्वराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• त्रिकाणि: three-way junctions
• त्रिकाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• द्वाराणि: gates, doors
• द्वाराणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• अट्टालकान्: watchtowers, turrets
• अट्टालकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अट्टालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• निर्गमान्: exits
• निर्गमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• संक्रमान्: crossings, passages
• संक्रमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A schematic yet vivid cityscape: broad royal road, narrow bylanes, a central square, a three-way junction, fortified gate and watchtower, and a bridge/crossing—shown as liminal points under a somber sky.

Characters & Entities

• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Thresholds and junctions are spiritually sensitive; dharma recognizes and manages liminal zones to protect communal order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, described with detailed spatial markers typical of a tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse continues listing designated locales connected with the Piśācas’ permitted movement.