Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

मम प्रभाभा देवेशि तेन प्राभासिकं स्मृतम् । प्रभाववन्तो देवेशि यत्र संति महासुराः

Transliteration

mama prabhābhā deveśi tena prābhāsikaṃ smṛtam | prabhāvavanto deveśi yatra saṃti mahāsurāḥ

Translation

ಹೇ ದೇವೇಶಿ! ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಸ್ವಂತ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನ ಪ್ರಭೆಯೇ; ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು ‘ಪ್ರಾಭಾಸಿಕ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಹೇ ದೇವತೆಗಳ ಸ್ವಾಮಿನಿ! ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾಬಲಿಷ್ಠ, ಪ್ರಭಾವವಂತ ಮಹಾಸುರರೂ ಇರುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prabhā: radiance
• prabhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ābhā: splendour, luster
• ābhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• deveśi: O ruler of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• tena: therefore; by that
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prābhāsikam: (as) Prābhāsika
• prābhāsikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa + ika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण

• smṛtam: is remembered/called
• smṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prabhāvavantaḥ: powerful, possessing radiance
• prabhāvavantaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāva + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• deveśi: O ruler of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb 'where')

• santi: are, exist
• santi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahāsurāḥ: great asuras/demons
• mahāsurāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced: addressing Devī in a māhātmya-style explanation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsika (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Devēśī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord’s radiance suffuses the kṣetra like a living aura while, at the margins, mighty asuras stand—powerful, armed, yet dwarfed by the field’s inherent light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is defined not only by geography but by divine radiance (prabhā) and the extraordinary beings and powers associated with it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa/Prābhāsika—Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its tīrtha tradition in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it provides a naming rationale and descriptive greatness.