Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

संस्थितं क्षेत्रमध्ये तु सावित्र्या नैरृते प्रिये । तं दृष्ट्वा मानवो देवि सर्वापद्भ्यो विमुच्यते

Transliteration

saṃsthitaṃ kṣetramadhye tu sāvitryā nairṛte priye | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi sarvāpadbhyo vimucyate

Translation

പ്രിയേ! അവൻ ക്ഷേത്രമദ്ധ്യേ, സാവിത്രീദേവിയുടെ നൈഋത്യ (തെക്ക്-പടിഞ്ഞാറ്) ദിശയിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതനാണ്. ദേവീ! അവനെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ എല്ലാ ആപത്തുകളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തനാകും.

Word by Word

• saṃsthitam: situated
• saṃsthitam: Kriya-visheshana (Predicative qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle/कृत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ अर्थे; (here as predicate adjective to raivantakam)

• kṣetramadhye: in the middle of the sacred field
• kṣetramadhye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra-madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• sāvitryā: with Sāvitrī
• sāvitryā: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सह (instrumental/association)

• nairṛte: in the southwest (quarter)
• nairṛte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nairṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिशि अधिकरणे (locative of direction: southwest)

• priye: O beloved
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्म

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• mānavaḥ: a man
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: from all calamities
• sarvāpadbhyaḥ: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-āpad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; अपादान (ablative: from)

• vimucyate: is freed
• vimucyate: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-muc (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sannidhāna (SW quarter shrine within Prabhāsakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a sacred coastal kṣetra, a devotee approaches a small shrine positioned in the south-west of a Sāvitrī-sanctum; the deity’s presence radiates protective light while storm-clouds of ‘calamity’ disperse.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Raivantaka
• Sāvitrī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana of a praised deity-site is portrayed as protective dharma, removing obstacles and misfortunes for the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivantaka’s sacred station, located in the kṣetra’s central area, southwest of Sāvitrī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Darśana (seeing/visiting) is the stated act, with the fruit of release from calamities.