Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अंगुल्यष्टम भागोऽपि नभोस्ति कमलेक्षणे । न संति यस्मिंस्तीर्थानि दिव्यानि च नभस्तले

Transliteration

aṃgulyaṣṭama bhāgo'pi nabhosti kamalekṣaṇe | na saṃti yasmiṃstīrthāni divyāni ca nabhastale

Translation

ഹേ കമലനേത്രേ, ആകാശത്തിൽ വിരലിന്റെ എട്ടിലൊരുഭാഗംത്ര സ്ഥലവും ഇല്ല—അവിടെ ദിവ്യ തീർത്ഥങ്ങൾ ഇല്ലാത്തതായി; നഭോമണ്ഡലമൊട്ടാകെ അവ നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अङ्गुलि: of a finger
• अङ्गुलि: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular

• अष्टम: eighth
• अष्टम: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular; (अत्र समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• भागः: a part
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — nominative singular

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — ‘even/also’

• नभः: of the sky
• नभः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — genitive singular (नभोः)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 3sg present

• कमलेक्षणे: O lotus-eyed (goddess)
• कमलेक्षणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल-ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; कमल + ईक्षण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative singular; ‘कमलमिव ईक्षणं यस्याः’ (tatpuruṣa)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन — 3pl present

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular

• तीर्थानि: holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन — nominative plural; तीर्थानि इति विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• नभस्तले: on the surface of the sky
• नभस्तले: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्-तल (प्रातिपदिक; नभस् + तल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — locative singular; ‘नभसः तलम्’ (tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī: kamalekṣaṇe)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (cosmic-pervasion claim)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kamala-akṣa (lotus-eyed one; vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary scene where the earth of Prabhāsa and the sky above are filled with luminous tīrtha-constellations; a lotus-eyed deity/figure is addressed, gazing upward as sacred points shimmer in the heavens.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holiness is pervasive: the Purāṇa presents tīrthas as a cosmic network, not merely isolated earthly locations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Prabhāsa glorification by asserting the ubiquity of tīrthas; it supports the claim that Prabhāsa is exceptionally saturated with sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it is a theological assertion about the omnipresence of tīrtha-power.