Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

प्राक्षिपत्कंकणं तत्र प्रतिवर्षं महाप्रभे । ततो देवत्वमापन्ना प्रभावात्तस्य भामिनि

Transliteration

prākṣipatkaṃkaṇaṃ tatra prativarṣaṃ mahāprabhe | tato devatvamāpannā prabhāvāttasya bhāmini

Translation

Wahai yang amat bercahaya, di sana ia melemparkan gelang itu setiap tahun. Wahai wanita jelita, oleh daya gelang itu ia mencapai kedudukan ilahi.

Word by Word

• प्राक्षिपत्: (he/she) threw
• प्राक्षिपत्: Kriyā (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: क्षिप्, उपसर्ग: प्र (he/she threw)

• कंकणम्: the bracelet/bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• प्रतिवर्षम्: every year
• प्रतिवर्षम्: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक; समासवत् अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय (adverb): प्रति + वर्षम् = each year/annually

• महाप्रभे: O great lady
• महाप्रभे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-प्रभā (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, vocative singular); कर्मधारय: महती प्रभा यस्याः/या (O great-lustrous one)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Discourse/time marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (thereupon/then; also 'from that')

• देवत्वम्: divinity/godhood
• देवत्वम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative singular)

• आपन्ना: having attained
• आपन्ना: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√पद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: प्राप्ता/प्राप्तवती (having attained)

• प्रभावात्: due to the power
• प्रभावात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, ablative singular)

• तस्य: of that/of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun, genitive singular)

• भामिनि: O radiant one
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (feminine, vocative singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣi (unnamed narrator within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sea-snānā tīrtha near Someśvara)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the seashore of Prabhāsa, the radiant lady annually casts her bracelet into the sacred waters; the sea glows, and a subtle divine aura rises around her, signifying attainment of devatva.

Characters & Entities

• Someśvara (context)
• Kaṅkaṇa
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent annual observance at a sacred site, performed with faith, matures into extraordinary spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra associated with Someśvara (Somnātha), where the yearly act is performed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A recurring yearly act (prativarṣa) of casting/offering the kaṅkaṇa at that tīrtha, alongside the implied pilgrimage and snāna.