Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अक्षसूत्रधरः शान्त आदिमध्यांतवर्जितः । पद्मासनस्थो वरदो हिमकुन्देन्दुसन्निभः

Transliteration

akṣasūtradharaḥ śānta ādimadhyāṃtavarjitaḥ | padmāsanastho varado himakundendusannibhaḥ

Translation

अक्षसूत्र धारण किए, शान्त, आदि-मध्य-अन्त से रहित; पद्मासन पर स्थित, वरद, हिम, कुन्द और चन्द्रमा के समान दीप्तिमान।

Word by Word

• akṣa-sūtra-dharaḥ: bearing a rosary
• akṣa-sūtra-dharaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sūtra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (object relation: 'rosary' + 'bearer'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śāntaḥ: peaceful
• śāntaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ādi-madhya-anta-varjitaḥ: devoid of beginning, middle, and end
• ādi-madhya-anta-varjitaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक) + varjita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (negation/absence: 'devoid of beginning, middle, and end'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• padma-āsana-sthaḥ: seated on a lotus-seat
• padma-āsana-sthaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (locative sense: 'situated on the lotus-seat'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• varadaḥ: boon-giver
• varadaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara-da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (giver of boons); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hima-kunda-indu-sannibhaḥ: resembling snow, jasmine, and the moon (very white)
• hima-kunda-indu-sannibhaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + kunda (प्रातिपदिक) + indu (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (comparison: 'like snow, jasmine, and moon'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene, white-radiant Mahādeva seated in padmāsana on a lotus, holding a rosary; his body gleams like snow and jasmine, with moonlike cool light; the setting hints at a coastal sacred precinct of Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is both transcendent (beyond time’s divisions) and accessible (boon-giving, worshipped through japa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, via the depiction of Śiva’s presence connected to Kālāgniliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, akṣasūtra suggests japa (mantra repetition), though no specific mantra or vow is named here.