Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततः प्रभाकरेत्युक्तः प्रभुरेवं महर्षिभिः । भद्रायां जनयामाम् सोमं पुत्रं यशस्विनम्

Transliteration

tataḥ prabhākaretyuktaḥ prabhurevaṃ maharṣibhiḥ | bhadrāyāṃ janayāmām somaṃ putraṃ yaśasvinam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് മഹർഷിമാർ പ്രഭുവിനെ ‘പ്രഭാകരൻ’ എന്നു വിളിച്ചു. ഭദ്രയിൽ അദ്ദേഹം യശസ്സുള്ള പുത്രനായ സോമനെ ജനിപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): अपादान/क्रमसूचक—‘thereafter/then’

• प्रभाकरेति: as ‘Prabhākara’
• प्रभाकरेति: Sambandha (Quotation/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभाकर (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: इति-प्रयोगः (quotative particle) with नाम (name) in प्रथमा/सम्बोधनार्थ—‘as “Prabhākara”’

• उक्तः: was called
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘having been called/said’

• प्रभुः: the lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): प्रकारवाचक—‘thus/in this manner’

• महर्षिभिः: by the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• भद्रायाम्: in Bhadrā
• भद्रायाम्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण—स्थान/आश्रय

• जनयाम: we begot/produced
• जनयाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जनय (णिच् causative)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग—‘we caused to be born/begot’

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सोमस्य विशेषणभावे अपि

• यशस्विनम्: glorious, renowned
• यशस्विनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—सोमम्/पुत्रम्

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Great sages confer the name ‘Prabhākara’ upon the Lord; then the scene shifts to Bhadrā, where Soma is born as a glorious son—suggesting a serene, auspicious birth tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhākara
• Bhadrā
• Soma
• Maharṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred names arise from divine acts that restore light and order; remembering such names is itself a form of dharmic recollection tied to the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose māhātmya links radiance (prabhā) and revered lineages to the sanctity of place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified in this verse.