Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तथापि सघृणो देवि जामदग्न्यो महाप्रभः । प्रभासं क्षेत्रमासाद्य तपश्चक्रे ततोऽद्भुतम्

Transliteration

tathāpi saghṛṇo devi jāmadagnyo mahāprabhaḥ | prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapaścakre tato'dbhutam

Translation

ಆದರೂ, ಹೇ ದೇವಿ, ಕರುಣಾಮಯ ಮಹಾಪ್ರಭ ಜಾಮದಗ್ನ್ಯನು ಪ್ರಭಾಸಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನು ಸೇರಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅದ್ಭುತ ತಪಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಆಚರಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner adverb): "thus"

• अपि: even so
• अपि: Sambandha (Concession)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (concessive particle): "even/though"

• स-घृणः: compassionate
• स-घृणः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय-पूर्वपद) + घृण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास: "having compassion"; विशेषण (जामदग्न्यः)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• जामदग्न्यः: Jamadagnya (Parashurama)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; गोत्र/पैत्रिक-नाम (descendant of Jamadagni)

• महाप्रभः: very mighty/splendid
• महाप्रभः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: "greatly splendid/mighty"; विशेषण (जामदग्न्यः)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhasa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; स्थान-नाम

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object; apposition to Prabhāsa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: आसद्-धातोः ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय-भाव (gerund): "having reached/approached"

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• चक्रे: performed/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequential relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): "then/thereupon"

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (तपः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jāmadagnya arrives at Prabhāsa—coastal sacred landscape, tīrtha markers, sages and deer, then begins austerities with focused stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jāmadagnya Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after external resolution, inner purification may require tapas undertaken at a sanctified tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised as a powerful setting for austerity and expiation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity/penance) at Prabhāsa-kṣetra is indicated as the spiritual practice.