Shloka 4 - Adhyaya 129 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ईश्वर उवाच । आसीत्पुरा महादेवि सती चाध मयोनिजा । अक्षमालेति वै नाम्ना सतीधर्मपरायणा

Transliteration

īśvara uvāca | āsītpurā mahādevi satī cādha mayonijā | akṣamāleti vai nāmnā satīdharmaparāyaṇā

Translation

イーシュヴァラは言われた。「昔、ああマハーデーヴィよ、マーヤーより生まれた（不思議なる由来の）徳ある女人がいた。名をアクシャマーラーといい、ダルマに堅く帰依していた。」

Word by Word

ईश्वरःĪśvara (the Lord)

उवाचsaid

आसीत्there was

पुराformerly

महादेविO great goddess

सतीSatī

चand

अधthen

मयोनिजाborn of Mâyā/Mayā (epithet)

अक्षमालाAkṣamālā (name)

इतिthus

वैindeed

नाम्नाby the name

सतीधर्मपरायणाdevoted to Satī’s dharma; steadfast in virtue

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva narrates to the Great Goddess; a virtuous woman Akṣamālā is introduced—serene, modest, with a rosary motif implied by her name; the setting hints at Prabhāsa’s sacred coastal aura.

Characters & Entities

Akṣamālā

Īśvara (Śiva)

Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma lived through personal virtue becomes the seed for a sacred place’s enduring renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative groundwork is laid for Akṣamāleśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra) by introducing Akṣamālā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it begins the shrine’s origin-legend.