Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सा संजाता महाराज तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु शक्रस्तत्र समागतः

Transliteration

sā saṃjātā mahārāja tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ | etasminneva kāle tu śakrastatra samāgataḥ

Translation

മഹാരാജാവേ! ഈ തീർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ അവൾ അങ്ങനെ സംജാതയായി; അതേ സമയത്ത് ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) അവിടെയെത്തി.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — feminine nominative singular (pronoun)

• संजाता: was born, came into being
• संजाता: Kriya (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘was born/has become’

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative singular

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular (pronoun)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power/effect
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — ablative singular; ‘due to, because of’

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular (pronoun)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — particle of emphasis ‘indeed/just’

• काले: at the time
• काले: Kala-adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular

• तु: but, then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वय) — particle ‘but/indeed’

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — adverb of place

• समागतः: arrived
• समागतः: Kriya (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — past participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्रियार्थे ‘arrived’

Speaker

Narrator (Pulastya to the king, per vocative 'mahārāja')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra / Arbuda-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator’s ‘zoom out’: the newly transformed woman stands by the sacred waters; simultaneously Indra descends/arrives amid subtle celestial signs, indicating the kṣetra’s magnetism.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is depicted as an active spiritual force that causes auspicious outcomes and draws even the gods into its sphere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular tīrtha in the Arbuda region is being praised for its prabhāva; the precise name is supplied in the broader passage rather than this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription appears in this verse; it frames the tīrtha’s potency as the causal factor behind the event.