Shloka 7 - Adhyaya 148 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Japanese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्याच्छिवरात्र्यामुपोषितः । आसीत्सुदर्शनो राजा पृथिव्यामेकराट् सुधीः

Transliteration

prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyācchivarātryāmupoṣitaḥ | āsītsudarśano rājā pṛthivyāmekarāṭ sudhīḥ

Translation

プラバーサ聖地の大いなる功徳により、またシヴァラートリーに断食を守ったゆえに、かつて地上にはスダルシャナ王がいた。賢明にして、天下を一人治める王であった。

Word by Word

प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यात्from the greatness of the Prabhāsa sacred field

शिवरात्र्याम्on (the night of) Śivarātri

उपोषितःhaving fasted

आसीत्was

सुदर्शनःSudarśana

राजाking

पृथिव्याम्on earth

एकराट्sole ruler

सुधीःwise, intelligent

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (beginning the illustrative narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative turn introduces King Sudarśana, a wise universal monarch, whose story is tied to Prabhāsa’s greatness and Śivarātri fasting.

Characters & Entities

Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Śivarātri

King Sudarśana

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vrata (fasting) undertaken in a sacred geography amplifies merit and becomes a cause for prosperity and righteous rule.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the source of māhātmya (greatness).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śivarātri upavāsa (fast/observance) connected with the Prabhāsa Kṣetra tradition.