Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तो रुद्रशक्तित्रयक्रमः

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto rudraśaktitrayakramaḥ

Translation

Ainsi, en bref, a été exposé l’ordre du rite concernant la triade des Śaktis de Rudra.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक-अव्ययम् (quotative/thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (briefly)

• proktaḥ: has been stated
• proktaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• rudra-śakti-traya-kramaḥ: the sequence of Rudra’s three powers
• rudra-śakti-traya-kramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (rudrasya śaktitrayasya kramaḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter-context; explicit speaker appears at Adhyāya 60 opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudra-Śakti-traya-krama (Prabhāsa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: three Śakti aspects symbolically arranged around Rudra/Śiva, with a scroll-like band indicating ‘krama’ and ‘saṅkṣepa’; the scene feels like a colophon at the end of a ritual chapter.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Śakti-traya (three Śaktis)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage worship is presented as an ordered discipline (krama), especially in Śiva–Śakti contexts, not as a random act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Śakti-worship procedure is being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A structured sequence for honoring the three Śaktis connected with Rudra.