Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्यैव देवदेवस्य क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिं शृणु प्रिये

Transliteration

tasyaiva devadevasya kṣetrotpattiṃ śṛṇu priye

Translation

À présent, ô bien-aimée, écoute l’origine même du kṣetra sacré de ce Dieu des dieux.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (only/indeed)

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः)

• क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिम्: the origin of the sacred place
• क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रस्य उत्पत्तिः)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; प्रिय-शब्दः स्त्रीलिङ्गे संबोधन

Speaker

Śiva (to Devī/Umā, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (kṣetra-utpatti episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (addressed as priyā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses Devī intimately (‘priye’), preparing to unfold the origin of the God-of-gods’ sacred field; the scene is calm, anticipatory, and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not random locations; they are revealed spaces with a divine origin and purpose in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, introduced here through its kṣetrotpatti (origin account).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly—this verse serves as a narrative transition to the origin of the kṣetra.