Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां प्रादुर्भूता पुनःपुनः । आद्ये कल्पे जगन्माता जगद्योनिर्द्वितीयके

Transliteration

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ prādurbhūtā punaḥpunaḥ | ādye kalpe jaganmātā jagadyonirdvitīyake

Translation

諸世界を憐れみ利益せんがため、汝は幾度も顕現する。第一の劫には「宇宙の母」と呼ばれ、第二の劫には「宇宙の胎（源）」と称された。

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहार्थम्: for the sake of grace/favor
• अनुग्रहार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• लोकानाम्: of the worlds/people
• लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• प्रादुर्भूता: manifested; appeared
• प्रादुर्भूता: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रादुस् (उपसर्गवत्) + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle used intransitively), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुनःपुनः: again and again
• पुनःपुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (reduplication: repeatedly)

• आद्ये: in the first
• आद्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• कल्पे: kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगन्माता: Mother of the world
• जगन्माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + माता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगद्योनिः: womb/source of the world
• जगद्योनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वितीयके: in the second (kalpa)
• द्वितीयके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (कल्पे इति अध्याहार्य)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Devī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: Devī appearing repeatedly to aid worlds; two highlighted forms—Jagadmātā nurturing beings, and Jagadyoni as the luminous source from which creation unfolds.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Jaganmātā
• Jagadyoni
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess manifests repeatedly out of compassion; her names reveal functions—nurturing as Mother and generating as Source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the textual setting; the māhātmya frames these revelations as part of the kṣetra’s sacred discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse supports devotional remembrance of Devī’s names (nāma-smaraṇa).