Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

भावनो विंशतिः प्रोक्तः सुप्तमालीति चापरः । वैकुण्ठश्चार्चिषो रुद्रो लक्ष्मीकल्पस्तथापरेः

Transliteration

bhāvano viṃśatiḥ proktaḥ suptamālīti cāparaḥ | vaikuṇṭhaścārciṣo rudro lakṣmīkalpastathāpareḥ

Translation

ഇരുപതാമത്തെ ‘ഭാവന’ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിതം; മറ്റൊന്ന് ‘സുപ്തമാലി’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. തുടർന്ന് ‘വൈകുണ്ഠ’, ‘ആർച്ചിഷ’, ‘രുദ്ര’ എന്നിവയും, അതിന് ശേഷം ‘ലക്ഷ്മീ-കൽപം’ വരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• bhāvanaḥ: Bhāvana (name)
• bhāvanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• viṃśatiḥ: twentieth (as the 20th)
• viṃśatiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṃśati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); संख्यावाचक (cardinal number)

• proktaḥ: declared/said
• proktaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) + pra-; prokta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (is) ‘said/declared’

• suptamālī: Suptamālī (name)
• suptamālī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: supta (कृदन्त) + mālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (suptaḥ mālī)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• aparaḥ: another
• aparaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (another/other)

• vaikuṇṭhaḥ: Vaikuṇṭha (name)
• vaikuṇṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaikuṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• arciṣaḥ: Arciṣ (name)
• arciṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arciṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नामरूप (proper name)

• rudraḥ: Rudra (name)
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• lakṣmīkalpaḥ: Lakṣmīkalpa (name)
• lakṣmīkalpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmī (प्रातिपदिक) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lakṣmyāḥ kalpaḥ / lakṣmī-kalpaḥ)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• apareḥ: others (also)
• apareḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Plural); पाठभेद-संदिग्ध (अपरे/अपरेऽपि इत्यर्थे)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant procession at Somnātha: a Rudra emblem (trident and liṅga) at center, flanked by Vaikuṇṭha imagery (Vishnu’s conch/disc) and Lakṣmī with lotus; ‘Ārciṣa’ appears as tongues of light; ‘Bhāvana’ as a meditative aura; ‘Suptamālī’ as a dream-garland motif.

Characters & Entities

• Vaikuṇṭha
• Rudra
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine names (Rudra, Lakṣmī, Vaikuṇṭha) permeate cosmic time, teaching devotees to see the universe as sacred and God-filled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the overarching tīrtha-context; the verse itself is a chronological listing within that māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata or dāna is stated here; the focus is on naming kalpas.