Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

अद्य मे भ्रांतिरुच्छिन्ना तीर्थभ्रमणसंभवा । प्रभासे निश्चलं जातं मनो मे मानिनां वर

Transliteration

adya me bhrāṃtirucchinnā tīrthabhramaṇasaṃbhavā | prabhāse niścalaṃ jātaṃ mano me mānināṃ vara

Translation

ತೀರ್ಥದಿಂದ ತೀರ್ಥಕ್ಕೆ ಅಲೆದಾಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ನನ್ನ ಭ್ರಾಂತಿ ಇಂದು ಛಿನ್ನವಾಯಿತು. ಮಾನ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿಯ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ, ಪ್ರಭಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ನಿಶ್ಚಲವಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भ्रान्तिः: delusion, confusion
• भ्रान्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उच्छिन्ना: cut off, removed
• उच्छिन्ना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु) + उच्छिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भ्रान्तिः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तीर्थ-भ्रमण-सम्भवा: arising from pilgrimage-wandering
• तीर्थ-भ्रमण-सम्भवा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + भ्रमण (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहु-पद-तत्पुरुष: ‘तीर्थभ्रमणात् सम्भवा’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भ्रान्तिः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• निश्चलम्: steady, unmoving
• निश्चलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; मनः इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जातम्: has become
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘अस्ति’ इति लुप्त-क्रिया

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मानिनाम्: of the honored / of the proud
• मानिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वर: O best (one)
• वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary pilgrim laying down travel staff at Prabhāsa, gaze becoming calm; swirling motifs of ‘bhrānti’ dissolve into clear sky; the sacred landscape suggests arrival and completion.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is meant to culminate in inner steadiness; Prabhāsa is portrayed as a place where spiritual restlessness resolves into clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is explicitly named as the locus where the mind becomes niścala (steady).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the emphasis is on the spiritual fruit (niścalatā) associated with Prabhāsa.