Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

चराचरस्य लोकस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिरेव च । आसीदियं समुद्रांता मेदिनीति परिश्रुता

Transliteration

carācarasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā yonireva ca | āsīdiyaṃ samudrāṃtā medinīti pariśrutā

Translation

Elle est le fondement du monde mobile et immobile, et aussi son sein même. Cette Terre, bordée par les océans, est renommée dans la tradition sous le nom de Medinī.

Word by Word

• चराचरस्य: of the moving and unmoving
• चराचरस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (लोकस्य)

• लोकस्य: of the world
• लोकस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठा: foundation, support
• प्रतिष्ठा: Karta/Predicate-noun (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• योनिḥ: source, womb
• योनिḥ: Karta/Predicate-noun (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis)

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

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• इयम्: this (Earth)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समुद्रान्ता: bounded by oceans
• समुद्रान्ता: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (समुद्राः अन्ताः यस्याः सा)

• मेदिनी: the Earth
• मेदिनी: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker (इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिबोधक (quotative particle)

• परिश्रुता: is well-known, is famed
• परिश्रुता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-श्रु (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘well-known/renowned’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (coastal kṣetra within samudrāntā medinī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic map-like vision: Earth as a goddess seated upon a lotus, encircled by the ocean ring; tiny moving and unmoving beings rest upon her; the word ‘Medinī’ appears as a banner.

Characters & Entities

• Medinī (Earth)
• Samudra (oceans)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All life rests upon the Earth as support and source; reverence toward her is implicit dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya, offering universal bhūmi-praise that undergirds pilgrimage sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.