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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । कथं वृद्धप्रभासं तु नाम तस्याभवत्प्रभो । तस्मिन्दृष्टे फलं किं स्यात्स्तुते संपूजिते तथा

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | kathaṃ vṛddhaprabhāsaṃ tu nāma tasyābhavatprabho | tasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ kiṃ syātstute saṃpūjite tathā

Translation

ശ്രീദേവി അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—പ്രഭോ, അതിന് ‘വൃദ്ധപ്രഭാസ’ എന്ന നാമം എങ്ങനെ ലഭിച്ചു? അതിനെ ദർശിച്ചാൽ എന്ത് ഫലം, അതുപോലെ സ്തുതി ചെയ്ത് വിധിപൂർവം പൂജിച്ചാൽ എന്ത് ഫലം?

Word by Word
श्रीदेवीthe revered Goddess
श्रीदेवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री-देवी (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान्/पूज्या देवी)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कथम्how
कथम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Interrogative/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb: how)
वृद्धप्रभासम्Vṛddha-Prabhāsa
वृद्धप्रभासम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृद्ध-प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नामरूपेण (as a name)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
नामas (its) name
नाम:
Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामार्थक निपात (as the name)
तस्यof it/of him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अभवत्became; came to be
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/imperf.), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
प्रभोO Lord
प्रभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that; upon that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दृष्टेwhen (it is) seen
दृष्टे:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश् (धातु) + क्त → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; ‘तस्मिन्’ इत्यनेन सह सति-सप्तमी (when it is seen)
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन
किम्what
किम्:
Visheshya (Interrogative complement/प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक सर्वनाम
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
स्तुतेwhen (it is) praised
स्तुते:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्तु (धातु) + क्त → स्तुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when praised)
संपूजितेwhen (it is) duly worshipped
संपूजिते:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम् + पूज् (धातु) + क्त → संपूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when duly worshipped)
तथाlikewise; also
तथा:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/समुच्चयार्थ (in that way; likewise)
Speaker

Śrī Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛddha-Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī respectfully questions Īśvara about the origin of the name Vṛddha-Prabhāsa and the fruits of darśana, stuti, and worship; the background hints at the four-faced liṅga shrine.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Devī (Pārvatī)
Ī
Īśvara (Śiva)
V
Vṛddha-Prabhāsa
P
Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

Sacred places and icons have name-origins (nāma-nirukti) and specific merits (phala); inquiry into them is part of dharmic understanding.

Vṛddha-Prabhāsa within Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the focus.

It points to three devotional acts—darśana (seeing), stuti (praise), and saṃpūjā (complete worship)—without detailing procedure.

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