Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

एवं पृथक्कारयित्वा प्रासादांश्च चतुर्दश । ब्रह्मादीनां देवतानां समीपस्थानवासिनाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ pṛthakkārayitvā prāsādāṃśca caturdaśa | brahmādīnāṃ devatānāṃ samīpasthānavāsinām

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir fait édifier séparément les quatorze palais, (ils furent disposés) pour les divinités à commencer par Brahmā, celles qui résident dans des stations voisines.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पृथक्त्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: separately)

• कारयित्वा: having caused (them) to be built
• कारयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (धातु, णिच् causative of कृ) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having caused to be made)

• प्रासादान्: palaces, temples
• प्रासादान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (accusative plural)

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

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याशब्द, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी प्रयोग (numeral used adjectivally); प्रासादान् इति विशेष्यस्य संख्या

• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: of Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मादयः’ इत्यस्य (of Brahmā and others)

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• समीपस्थानवासिनाम्: of those residing nearby
• समीपस्थानवासिनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप + स्थान + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘समीपस्थाने वासिनः’ (those dwelling in the nearby place)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra prāsāda-maṇḍala (fourteen prāsādas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourteen distinct palaces/shrines arranged separately like petals around a center; Brahmā and other deities are shown residing in nearby stations, each with their iconography, forming a divine neighborhood within the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great kṣetra honors the entire divine assembly—devotion to the Supreme is accompanied by reverence to the gods who support cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra at Someśvara, portrayed as a multi-deity sacred precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the verse explains the allocation of shrines for deities (beginning with Brahmā).