Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

मेरोरुत्तरतस्तत्र वर्षं यद्धनुषाकृति । उत्तराः कुरवो लोके प्रख्याता ये यशस्विनि

Transliteration

meroruttaratastatra varṣaṃ yaddhanuṣākṛti | uttarāḥ kuravo loke prakhyātā ye yaśasvini

Translation

メール山の北には、弓の形をしたヴァルシャ（国土）がある。そこに世に名高いウッタラ・クルたちが住まう、栄光ある女神よ。

Word by Word

• मेरोः: of Meru
• मेरोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• उत्तरतः: to the north of
• उत्तरतः: Deshadhikarana (Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तरतः (अव्यय; उत्तर-प्रातिपदिकात् तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक (directional adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deshadhikarana (Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• वर्षम्: a region/country (varṣa)
• वर्षम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• धनुषाकृति: bow-shaped
• धनुषाकृति: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (of varṣa)

• उत्तराः: northern
• उत्तराः: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• प्रख्याताः: well-known
• प्रख्याताः: Vidhaya-visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+ख्या (धातु) → प्रख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• यशस्विनि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्विनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) as narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator points northward beyond Mount Meru to a bow-shaped land where the famed Uttara Kurus dwell; the scene is a mythic map made visible—Meru at center, luminous northern expanse beyond.

Characters & Entities

• Meru
• Uttara Kuru
• varṣa (cosmic region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography in the Purāṇas situates moral and mythic events within a cosmic order governed by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse describes the cosmic region of Uttara Kuru north of Meru.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a geographic-cosmological description.