Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

तस्य क्षेत्रे निवसतः पुष्करस्य महात्मनः । निर्विघ्नकारी भवति तथा रक्षति पुत्रवत्

Transliteration

tasya kṣetre nivasataḥ puṣkarasya mahātmanaḥ | nirvighnakārī bhavati tathā rakṣati putravat

Translation

ಆ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುವ ಮಹಾತ್ಮ ಪುಷ್ಕರನಿಗೆ ಅವನು ವಿಘ್ನಗಳನ್ನು ನಿವಾರಿಸುವವನಾಗಿ, ಮಗನಂತೆ ಕಾಪಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kṣetre: in the field (holy place)
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• nivasataḥ: of (one) residing
• nivasataḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni- (उपसर्ग) + vas (धातु) → nivasat (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle)

• puṣkarasya: of Puṣkara
• puṣkarasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled (one)
• mahātmanaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—‘महान् आत्मा यस्य’ (as epithet of Puṣkara)

• nirvighnakārī: remover of obstacles
• nirvighnakārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir- (उपसर्ग) + vighna (प्रातिपदिक) + kārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘निर्विघ्नं करोति’ (one who makes [things] obstacle-free)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise/so)

• rakṣati: protects
• rakṣati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present Indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• putravat: as (one protects) a son
• putravat: Adverbial (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (adverbial: like a son)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kaṃkālabhairava-kṣetra-pāla)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kaṃkālabhairava stands near the sacred precinct, his fierce form softened by protective vātsalya as he removes obstacles for the devotee and guards him like a beloved son.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Kaṃkālabhairava (implied)
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Residence and devotion within a sanctified kṣetra invite divine guardianship that removes obstacles and grants familial protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, emphasizing the kṣetrapāla’s protective presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new ritual is specified; the verse states the protective fruit (nirvighnatā and rakṣā) of the kṣetrapāla’s favor.