Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

बाह्यतः पूर्वतो देवि इन्द्रादीनां समन्ततः । रक्तवर्णं महातेजं सितपद्मोपरि स्थितम्

Transliteration

bāhyataḥ pūrvato devi indrādīnāṃ samantataḥ | raktavarṇaṃ mahātejaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam

Translation

À l’extérieur, vers l’est, ô Déesse—entouré de toutes parts par Indra et les autres—(se tient une forme) rouge de teinte, d’un grand éclat, assise sur un lotus blanc.

Word by Word

• बाह्यतः: from outside; externally
• बाह्यतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): 'बाह्यतः' = from outside/externally

• पूर्वतः: from the east; in front
• पूर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण: 'पूर्वतः' = from the east/in front

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इन्द्रादीनाम्: of Indra and others
• इन्द्रादीनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समास: इन्द्र-आदि (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण: on all sides

• रक्तवर्णम्: red-colored
• रक्तवर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• महातेजम्: of great radiance
• महातेजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सितपद्मोपरि: upon the white lotus
• सितपद्मोपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सित + पद्म + उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय 'उपरि' (preposition/adverb) + उपपद-सम्बन्धः; 'सितपद्म' = श्वेतपद्म (कर्मधारय)

• स्थितम्: situated; placed
• स्थितम्: Karma (as predicate of described form/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mandala seen from above: on the outer eastern side sits a red-hued, intensely radiant deity on a white lotus, encircled by Indra and other devas forming a protective ring; the scene glows with dawn light and ritual lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Āditya (implied by continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation (dhyāna) refines worship: visualizing the deity’s auspicious form stabilizes devotion and makes pilgrimage worship inwardly transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the solar presence is contemplated within a deity-mandala framed by Indra and other gods.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhyāna-guideline: visualize a radiant red form seated on a white lotus, surrounded by Indra and other deities, in the eastern outer placement.