Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
हरिक्षेत्रमिति प्रोक्तं पूर्वं स्वायंभुवेऽन्तरे
Transliteration
harikṣetramiti proktaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve'ntare
Translation
Autrefois, durant le Manvantara de Svāyambhuva, il fut proclamé « Hari-kṣetra ».
Word by Word
हरिक्षेत्रम्Hari’s sacred field (Harikṣetra)
हरिक्षेत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (हरेः क्षेत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)
प्रोक्तम्was declared/called
प्रोक्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (PPP; ‘was said/called’)
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
स्वायंभुवेin (the period of) Svāyambhuva
स्वायंभुवे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
अन्तरेduring/within (the interval)
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; ‘within/during’)
Speaker
Viṣṇu (contextual continuity from prior verses)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Hari-kṣetra (earlier designation of Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A timeless tableau: sages of the Svāyambhuva age proclaim ‘Hari-kṣetra’ with ritual fire and Vedic gestures, while the same coastline/landmark subtly echoes the present Prabhāsa, linking epochs.
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)H
Hari-kṣetraS
Svāyambhuva ManvantaraFAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is timeless, extending across manvantaras and upheld by scriptural proclamation.
Hari-kṣetra, identified within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
None; the verse provides historical-sacred identification of the kṣetra.