Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एतत्क्षेत्रं समागत्य मध्यभागे वरानने । यानानि तु परित्यज्य भाव्यं पादचरैर्नरैः

Transliteration

etatkṣetraṃ samāgatya madhyabhāge varānane | yānāni tu parityajya bhāvyaṃ pādacarairnaraiḥ

Translation

麗しき面差しの御方よ、この聖なるクシェートラに到り、その中央の区画に入ったなら、人々は乗り物を捨て、徒歩で進むべきである。

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘क्षेत्रम्’ इति विशेषण

• kṣetram: field/holy region
• kṣetram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samāgatya: having arrived
• samāgatya: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (गम्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having come/arrived’

• madhya-bhāge: in the middle part
• madhya-bhāge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (madhyasya bhāgaḥ)

• vara-ānane: O fair-faced one
• vara-ānane: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (varaṃ ānanaṃ yasyāḥ)

• yānāni: vehicles
• yānāni: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय

• parityajya: having left behind
• parityajya: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pari-√tyaj (त्यज्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund): ‘having abandoned’

• bhāvyam: should be (done); one should proceed
• bhāvyam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhāvya (कृदन्त; √bhū भू)
• Form: भाव्य (यत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-कर्तव्यता (gerundive: ‘is to be done/should be’)

• pāda-caraiḥ: by foot-walkers; on foot
• pāda-caraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तृतीया-करणे; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pādaiḥ caranti iti)

• naraiḥ: by men/people
• naraiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narration; speaker addressing a देवी/स्त्री as 'varānane')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (madhya-bhāga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā Devī (addressed as ‘O fair-faced lady’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims arrive at the Prabhāsa sacred boundary; they leave chariots/vehicles behind and enter the central precinct barefoot or on foot, heads bowed, carrying simple offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approach the holy center with humility—renouncing comforts and performing the yātrā on foot as an act of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (the Prabhāsa sacred region), especially its ‘central’ precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yātrā rule: abandon conveyances and enter the core area of the kṣetra on foot.