Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तथा तामरसा नाम दशमी रक्तकोटिका । एतासां च महादेवि ख्यातो भर्त्ता प्रभाकरः

Transliteration

tathā tāmarasā nāma daśamī raktakoṭikā | etāsāṃ ca mahādevi khyāto bharttā prabhākaraḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ ‘താമരസാ’ എന്ന പത്താമത്തേത് ‘രക്തകോടികാ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായി. ഹേ മഹാദേവീ, അവരൊക്കെയുടെയും ഖ്യാതനായ ഭർത്താവ് പ്രഭാകരനായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Samuccaya/Avyaya (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक

• तामरसा: Tāmarasā
• तामरसा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तामरसा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Avyaya (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (quotative/‘by name’)

• दशमी: the tenth
• दशमी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (tenth)

• रक्तकोटिका: Raktakoṭikā
• रक्तकोटिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम); समासः—रक्ता कोटिका इति (कर्मधारय)

• एतासाम्: of these (women)
• एतासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (of these)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—महा + देवी (कर्मधारय)

• ख्यातः: is renowned
• ख्यातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is renowned/known’

• भर्त्ता: husband
• भर्त्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभाकरः: Prabhākara
• प्रभाकरः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (नाम)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual deduction within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as ‘mahādevi’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred assembly where the goddess is addressed; a set of ten feminine figures (daśamī) is recalled, with the tenth named Tāmarasā/Raktakoṭikā; sages proclaim Prabhākara as the famed consort, suggesting a cosmic household of light.

Characters & Entities

• Tāmarasā
• Raktakoṭikā
• Prabhākara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic māhātmyas transmit sanctity through remembered relationships, making sacred place, person, and lineage mutually illuminating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the broader frame in which these lineages are recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual action is described in this verse.