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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । सकारपंचकं प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया मम शंकर । कथं तदत्र संवृत्तमेतन्मे संशयं महत्

Transliteration

devyuvāca | sakārapaṃcakaṃ proktaṃ yattvayā mama śaṃkara | kathaṃ tadatra saṃvṛttametanme saṃśayaṃ mahat

Translation

女神は言った。「おおシャṅカラよ、あなたは私に『サカーラ・パンチャカ』、すなわち“sa”に始まる五つを説かれました。それはいかにしてここに स्थापित（確立）されたのですか。私の心には大いなる疑いがあります。」

Word by Word
devīthe Goddess
devī:
Karta (Speaker/subject of ‘said’)
TypeNoun
Rootdevī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Speech verb)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
sakārapaṃcakamthe set of five ‘sa’-letters
sakārapaṃcakam:
Karma (Object of proktam)
TypeNoun
Rootsa-kāra + pañcaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—सकाराणां पञ्चकं (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)
proktamwas declared/taught
proktam:
Kriya (Predicate; passive)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + vac (धातु) → prokta (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (it was spoken)
yatwhich
yat:
Anvaya-link (Relative)
TypeNoun
Rootyat (यद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Kartr-karana in passive (Agent in passive construction)
TypeNoun
Roottvam (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
mamato me/of me
mama:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootaham (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
śaṃkaraO Śaṅkara
śaṃkara:
Sambodhana (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
kathamhow
katham:
Question marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkatham (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
tatthat
tat:
Anaphoric (refers to sakārapaṃcakam)
TypeNoun
Roottat (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
atrahere
atra:
Adhikarana (Locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
saṃvṛttamhas occurred/come about
saṃvṛttam:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + vṛt (धातु) → saṃvṛtta (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has happened/occurred’ (as predicate)
etatthis
etat:
Vishaya (Topic of doubt)
TypeNoun
Rootetat (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
memy/to me
me:
Sambandha (to me)
TypeNoun
Rootaham (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)
saṃśayamdoubt
saṃśayam:
Karma (Object; ‘(I have) doubt’)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
mahatgreat
mahat:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying saṃśayam)
Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara/Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, seated beside Śaṅkara in a serene tīrtha landscape, raises a respectful doubt about the ‘sakāra-pañcaka’ and its establishment in Prabhāsa; the mood is inquisitive and sacred.

Characters & Entities
D
Devī
Ś
Śaṅkara
S
sakāra-pañcaka

FAQs

Sacred geography is paired with sacred doctrine: the text invites inquiry into how spiritual principles become grounded in a specific kṣetra.

The ongoing narrative frame is Prabhāsa Kṣetra; this verse opens a doctrinal question within that kṣetra’s māhātmya.

None; it introduces a question about the sakāra-pañcaka and its establishment.

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