Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवनिवेशं च सर्वपातकनाशनम् । अस्य क्षेत्रस्य नामानि कल्पे कल्पे पृथक्प्रिये

Transliteration

sarvadevaniveśaṃ ca sarvapātakanāśanam | asya kṣetrasya nāmāni kalpe kalpe pṛthakpriye

Translation

ഇത് സർവ്വദേവന്മാരുടെ നിവാസസ്ഥാനവും സർവ്വപാതകങ്ങൾ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നതുമാണ്. ഹേ പ്രിയേ, ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ നാമങ്ങൾ കല്പം കല്പം വ്യത്യസ്തമാണ്.

Word by Word

• सर्वदेवनिवेशम्: abode/seat of all gods
• सर्वदेवनिवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव-निवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वेषां देवानां निवेशः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: destroyer of all sins
• सर्वपातकनाशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पातक-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वेषां पातकानां नाशनम्)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• कल्पे: in a kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कल्पे: in (each) kalpa
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्तिः (each kalpa)

• पृथक्: separately/differently
• पृथक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रिये: O beloved (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन (vocative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘priye’ (beloved) addressed—continuing intimate didactic tone to a female interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly of devas—Indra, Varuṇa, Agni, the Aśvins—subtly present around Prabhāsa; above, a wheel of time (kalpa-cakra) rotates, and different name-plates appear in different spokes while the kṣetra remains constant and radiant.

Characters & Entities

• All gods (Sarvadeva)
• Kalpa
• Kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supreme tīrtha is both cosmically inhabited (by all devas) and ethically transformative (destroying sin), transcending cycles of time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra as a sarvadevaniveśa and sarvapātakanāśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is given; the verse emphasizes the kṣetra’s inherent purifying power and its kalpa-wise nomenclature.