Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

एवमादिधर्मयुक्ताः प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनः । तैः पूज्यो भगवान्देवो बालरूपी पितामहः

Transliteration

evamādidharmayuktāḥ prabhāsakṣetravāsinaḥ | taiḥ pūjyo bhagavāndevo bālarūpī pitāmahaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ആദിധർമ്മയുക്തരായ പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രവാസികൾ ബാലരൂപത്തിലുള്ള പിതാമഹൻ ബ്രഹ്മാ എന്ന ഭഗവാൻ ദേവനെ പൂജിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• evam-ādi-dharma-yuktāḥ: endowed with such and other duties
• evam-ādi-dharma-yuktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evam (अव्यय) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘evam-ādi’ उपपदपूर्वक; ‘dharma-yukta’ = endowed with dharmas such as these

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-vāsinaḥ: the residents of Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-vāsinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘residents of Prabhāsa-kṣetra’

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūjyaḥ: worthy of worship
• pūjyaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (धातु) + ya (कृत्य प्रत्यय; पूज्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘worthy to be worshipped’

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘bhagavān’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

• bāla-rūpī: having the form of a child
• bāla-rūpī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—pitāmahaḥ इति विशेष्यस्य

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā, the grandsire)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Residents of Prabhāsa, disciplined and serene, offer worship to a child-formed Brahmā (Pitāmaha), with ritual lamps, flowers, and Vedic recitation in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Bālarūpī Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes luminous through ādi-dharma—right living culminating in reverent worship of the deity enshrined there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically its tradition of worshipping Pitāmaha (Brahmā) in child-form.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of Pitāmaha/Brahmā in bāla-rūpa by the dharmic residents of the kṣetra.