Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दिवि भुव्यंतरिक्षे च तानि तत्रैव भामिनि । तत्र मूर्तिमती गंगा स्वयमेव व्यवस्थिता

Transliteration

divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni tatraiva bhāmini | tatra mūrtimatī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā

Translation

ಓ ಭಾಮಿನಿ! ಸ್ವರ್ಗ, ಭೂಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತರಿಕ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ತೀರ್ಥಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿ തന്നೇ ಇವೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರ್ತಿಮತಿಯಾದ ಗಂಗೆಯು ಸ್ವಯಂ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠಿತಳಾಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ.

Word by Word

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अंतरिक्षे: in the mid-region (sky)
• अंतरिक्षे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंतरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तानि: those (places)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• भामिनि: O radiant lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• मूर्तिमती: embodied, having form
• मूर्तिमती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास (मूर्तिः अस्याः अस्ति = “embodied”); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with गङ्गा)

• गंगा: Gaṅgā
• गंगा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गङ्गा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्वयम्: by herself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent emphasis/कर्ता)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb: “by herself”)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• व्यवस्थिता: is established
• व्यवस्थिता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → व्यव-स्था + त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with गङ्गा); “established/settled”

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (with Gaṅgā-sānnidhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Bhāminī (addressed as ‘O radiant one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṅgā as a goddess stands within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, her form luminous, holding kamaṇḍalu and lotus, with three-tiered cosmic backdrop (heaven, earth, mid-space) and tiny tīrtha symbols appearing in each realm converging into the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṅgā
• Three worlds (heaven/earth/antarikṣa)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme kṣetra is a meeting-place of the three worlds, where even cosmic rivers like Gaṅgā become tangibly accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as the locus where the tīrthas of all realms are said to be present, with embodied Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly supports snāna and tīrtha-sevā through Gaṅgā’s presence, though no explicit injunction appears in this verse.