Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । अस्मिन्कल्पे यथा जातं क्षेत्रं प्राभासिकं हर । तन्मे विस्तरतो ब्रूहि उत्पत्तिं कारणं तथा

Transliteration

devyuvāca | asminkalpe yathā jātaṃ kṣetraṃ prābhāsikaṃ hara | tanme vistarato brūhi utpattiṃ kāraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

ദേവി പറഞ്ഞു: ഹേ ഹരാ! ഈ കല്പത്തിൽ പ്രാഭാസിക ക്ഷേത്രം എങ്ങനെ ജനിച്ചു? അതിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവവും കാരണവും എനിക്കു വിശദമായി പറയുക.

Word by Word

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• kalpe: aeon, kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (कल्प; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• yathā: how, in what way
• yathā: Avyaya (Manner/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (यथा; अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमानवाचक

• jātam: arose, came into being
• jātam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (जन् धातु) + kta (क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (born/arisen)

• kṣetram: sacred place, field
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (क्षेत्र; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• prābhāsikam: Prabhāsa-related
• prābhāsikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa + ika (प्रभास + इक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तद्धित (इक्) प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (pertaining to Prabhāsa)

• hara: O Hara (Śiva)
• hara: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (हर; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (मद्; सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (to me/for me)

• vistarataḥ: in detail
• vistarataḥ: Avyaya (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vistara (विस्तर; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (in detail)

• brūhi: tell (me)
• brūhi: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (ब्रू धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• utpattim: origin, arising
• utpattim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpatti (उत्पत्ति; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• kāraṇam: cause, reason
• kāraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (कारण; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (तथा; अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमार्थक (and also)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsika/Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Hara/Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī formally speaks: asking Hara to narrate in detail how Prābhāsika Kṣetra arose in this kalpa—an earnest, focused moment before the mythic unfolding.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Hara (Śiva)
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a tīrtha is not accidental; it is rooted in cosmic causes and divine intention, worthy of careful hearing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (the Prābhāsika sacred region), celebrated in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse requests the etiology of the kṣetra, which later supports pilgrimage and observance practices.