Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
अप्रमेयमनंताख्यमक्षयं कामरूपिणम् । प्रभवं सर्वभूतानां बीजांकुरसमुद्भवम्
Transliteration
aprameyamanaṃtākhyamakṣayaṃ kāmarūpiṇam | prabhavaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bījāṃkurasamudbhavam
Translation
量り知れず、「無限（アナンタ）」と称され、不滅にして、意のままに姿を現す。彼は一切衆生の根源であり、種子と芽のごとく、そこから生命が展開する。
Word by Word
aprameyamimmeasurable
aprameyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (निषेध) + prameya (कृदन्त; √mā with pra)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रमेय’ (measurable/knowable by pramāṇa) इत्यस्य निषेधः
ananta-ākhyamcalled ‘Ananta’/infinite-named
ananta-ākhyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootananta (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from √khyā)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय) — ‘अनन्तम् आख्यं यस्य/यत्’ (named ‘Ananta’/having infinite appellation)
akṣayamimperishable
akṣayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roota- (निषेध) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘क्षय’ (decay) इत्यस्य निषेधः; विशेषण
kāma-rūpiṇamable to assume forms at will
kāma-rūpiṇam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootkāma (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘कामरूपिन्’ (assuming forms at will); विशेषण
prabhavamthe source
prabhavam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhava (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from √bhū with pra)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्रभव’ = source/origin; कर्मपद
sarva-bhūtānāmof all beings
sarva-bhūtānām:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘सर्वेषां भूतानाम्’
bīja-aṅkura-samudbhavamthe origin of seed and sprout
bīja-aṅkura-samudbhavam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootbīja (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅkura (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from √bhū with sam+ud)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) — ‘बीजाङ्कुरस्य समुद्भवः’/‘बीजाङ्कुर-समुद्भवम्’ (source of seed and sprout); विशेषण
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Somnātha at Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Somnātha liṅga with a cosmic tree emerging as a subtle aura—seed transforming into sprout—while the deity’s infinity is shown by endless horizon over the sea.
Characters & Entities
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SadāśivaP
PrabhāsaFAQs
Śiva is limitless and imperishable, the causal source of all beings while remaining beyond measure.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Infinite Lord is praised as the origin of all life.
No explicit rite; the verse functions as theological praise supporting devotion at Prabhāsa.