Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 120

Devanagari script

प्रभासे संस्थिता देवी समुद्रादुत्तरेण तु । य एतां वेद वै देव्या उत्पत्तिं पापनाशिनीम्

Transliteration

prabhāse saṃsthitā devī samudrāduttareṇa tu | ya etāṃ veda vai devyā utpattiṃ pāpanāśinīm

Translation

La Déesse demeure à Prabhāsa, au nord de l’océan. Quiconque connaît véritablement ce récit de la naissance de la Déesse, qui détruit le péché—

Word by Word

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

• संस्थिता: situated, established
• संस्थिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Past passive participle used adjectivally

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• समुद्रात्: from the ocean
• समुद्रात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular

• उत्तरेण: to the north (of)
• उत्तरेण: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (दिशावाचक-उपपद), तृतीया-प्रयोगे; indeclinable meaning 'to the north of' (with ablative)

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

• यः: whoever
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular

• एताम्: this (her/this)
• एताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun, accusative singular

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/assurance)

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• उत्पत्तिम्: origin, manifestation
• उत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• पापनाशिनीम्: destroying sins
• पापनाशिनीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + नाशिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे 'पापस्य नाशिनी' ; Accusative singular qualifying उत्पत्तिम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (seat of Bhūta-mātā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm establishing shot: the Goddess residing at Prabhāsa, north of the sea; a devotee listens to the origin narrative, the words themselves depicted as purifying light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Ocean (Samudra)
• Bhūta-mātṛkā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge (hearing/knowing the Māhātmya) is itself purifying and grants spiritual protection and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, described with a geographic marker: north of the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śravaṇa/knowledge of the Goddess’s origin Māhātmya is praised as pāpa-nāśa (sin-destroying).