Shloka 12 - Adhyaya 18 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Indonesian | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

द्वितीयमासस्यादौ तु प्रतिपद्या प्रकीर्तिता । वाराहेणोद्धृता तस्यां तथा चादौ धरा प्रिये । तेन वाराहकल्पेति नाम जातं धरातले

Transliteration

dvitīyamāsasyādau tu pratipadyā prakīrtitā | vārāheṇoddhṛtā tasyāṃ tathā cādau dharā priye | tena vārāhakalpeti nāma jātaṃ dharātale

Translation

Pada awal bulan kedua, hari bulan pertama yang disebut Pratipadā dimasyhurkan; pada hari itulah, wahai kekasih, pada permulaan Vārāha mengangkat Bumi. Karena itu, di muka bumi ia dinamai Vārāha Kalpa.

Word by Word

द्वितीयof the second

मासस्यof the month

आदौat the beginning

तुbut/indeed

प्रतिपद्याby (the day of) Pratipadā

प्रकीर्तिताis proclaimed/has been declared

वाराहेणby the Boar (Varāha)

उद्धृताwas lifted up

तस्याम्in that (time/occasion)

तथाthus/likewise

चand

आदौin the beginning

धराthe Earth

प्रियेO beloved

तेनtherefore/by that

वाराहकल्पin the Varāha-kalpa

इतिthus/so called

नामthe name

जातम्arose/was born

धरातलेon the surface of the earth

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Characters & Entities

Vārāha

Dharā (Earth)

Pratipad

Vārāha Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is restored by divine intervention; time itself is sacralized when linked to dharma-protecting acts like the Earth’s rescue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, grounding Prabhāsa’s holiness in primordial, cosmic remembrance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the tithi ‘Pratipad’ is mentioned as ‘proclaimed/celebrated’; no direct instruction (vrata, dāna, snāna) is stated in this verse.