Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

न चात्र संभवस्तस्य विनाशो नैव जायते । विमानैश्चरते नित्यं दिवाकरसमप्रभैः

Transliteration

na cātra saṃbhavastasya vināśo naiva jāyate | vimānaiścarate nityaṃ divākarasamaprabhaiḥ

Translation

അവനു അവിടെ നാശസാധ്യതയില്ല; അവൻ നശിക്കുന്നതുമില്ല. സൂര്യസമാന പ്രഭയുള്ള ദിവ്യവിമാനങ്ങളിൽ അവൻ നിത്യവും സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

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

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃbhavaḥ: origin; coming into being
• saṃbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vināśaḥ: destruction
• vināśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• eva: indeed; at all
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• jāyate: is born; arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vimānaiḥ: by aerial chariots
• vimānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• carate: moves; roams
• carate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative)

• divākara-sama-prabhaiḥ: with radiance equal to the sun
• divākara-sama-prabhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (vimānaiḥ इति विशेष्येण सह)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara/Mahākuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant devotee ascends into the sky in a sun-bright vimāna; below, the sacred tank and shrine recede; the heavens open with golden light.

Characters & Entities

• vimāna
• divākara (sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic promise frames tīrtha-devotion as a protector from downfall and a giver of divine honor and splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhairaveśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa sacred circuit in Prabhāsakṣetra (as established in Adhyāya 149).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it states the phala (result) of the previously described snāna and pūjā.