Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता तु तदा देवी भैरवेश्वरनैरृते । सागरस्य स्थिता रम्ये तत्र मूर्त्तिमती सती

Transliteration

ityuktā tu tadā devī bhairaveśvaranairṛte | sāgarasya sthitā ramye tatra mūrttimatī satī

Translation

Ainsi interpellée, la Déesse—au sud-ouest de Bhairaveśvara—demeura là, près de la mer splendide, se manifestant en une forme incarnée.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (thus)

• uktā: having been spoken to
• uktā: Kriyā (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘(सा) उक्ता’ = having been addressed/said to

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक (indeed/but)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhairava-īśvara-nairṛte: in the south-west (quarter) of Bhairaveśvara
• bhairava-īśvara-nairṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक) + nairṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः, स्थानवाचक (‘भैरवेश्वरस्य नैरृते’ = in the south-west of Bhairaveśvara)

• sāgarasya: of the ocean
• sāgarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• sthitā: stood/remained
• sthitā: Kriyā (State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था, धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = standing/remaining

• ramye: in a lovely (place)
• ramye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानविशेषण

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• mūrti-matī: embodied, having a form
• mūrti-matī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक) + matī (प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्यय (possessive)

• satī: the chaste/virtuous lady
• satī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satī (प्रातिपदिक; from √as ‘to be’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; गुणवाचक/नामरूपेण (the virtuous one)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual continuation)

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Bhairaveśvara
• Sāgara (sea/ocean)
• Nairṛta (south-west direction)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is not abstract alone; in a sanctified kṣetra the Goddess becomes tangibly manifest, making the landscape itself a vessel of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The coastal sacred zone of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, specifically the area to the south-west of Bhairaveśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed here; the verse provides sacred topography—where the Goddess is said to be present for worship and darśana.