Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्कल्पे तु यद्देवि आदावेव वरानने । स्वायंभुवे मनौ तत्र ब्रह्मणः सृजतः पुरा

Transliteration

asminkalpe tu yaddevi ādāveva varānane | svāyaṃbhuve manau tatra brahmaṇaḥ sṛjataḥ purā

Translation

Wahai Dewi, dalam kalpa ini juga, pada permulaan sekali, wahai yang berwajah elok—pada masa Svāyambhuva Manu—ketika dahulu kala Brahmā sedang mencipta alam semesta…

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कल्पे: in (this) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); बहुव्रीहि: वरम् आननं यस्याः सा

• स्वायंभुवे: in Svāyambhuva (Manu)
• स्वायंभुवे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); (मनौ) विशेषण

• मनौ: in Manu (the reign of Manu)
• मनौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• सृजतः: while creating
• सृजतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग; (ब्रह्मणः) विशेषण: सृजतः = creating

• पुरा: formerly, long ago
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic prologue: Brahmā at the dawn of the kalpa, beginning creation; the Goddess addressed as witness to primordial events, with Prabhāsa implied as the sacred stage.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī
• Svāyambhuva Manu
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are anchored in cosmic time; tīrtha-māhātmya is linked to creation narratives, giving sacred geography a universal scope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra’s origin is being set within the creation-era chronology (Svāyambhuva Manu).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse establishes historical-cosmic context rather than a practice.