Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

पिता सोमस्य वै देवि जज्ञेऽत्रिर्भगवानृषिः । तत्रात्रिः सर्वलोकेशं भृत्वा स्वे नयने स्थितः

Transliteration

pitā somasya vai devi jajñe'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ | tatrātriḥ sarvalokeśaṃ bhṛtvā sve nayane sthitaḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, സത്യമായും സോമന്റെ പിതാവ് ഭഗവാൻ ഋഷി അത്രിയായിരുന്നു. അവിടെ അത്രി സർവ്വലോകേശ്വരനെ ധരിച്ചു തന്റെ നേത്രങ്ങളിൽ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सोमस्य: of Soma
• सोमस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): निश्चयार्थक—‘indeed/verily’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद—‘was born/appeared’

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भगवान्: venerable, blessed
• भगवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण—अत्रिः

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Visheshya (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अत्रेः अप्पोजिशन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): देशवाचक—‘there’

• अत्रिः: Atri
• अत्रिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वलोकेशम्: the lord of all worlds
• सर्वलोकेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘सर्वेषां लोकानां ईशः’ (lord of all worlds); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• भृत्वा: having borne/supported
• भृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ (धातु) → भृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वा/gerund): ‘having borne/supported’

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन; विशेषण—नयने

• नयने: in (his) two eyes
• नयने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन; अधिकरण

• स्थितः: remained, stood
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past participle, क्त): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि—‘stood/remained’

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘devi’, ‘surasundari’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Atri in austere posture at Prabhāsa, eyes radiant; within/through his eyes the Lord of all worlds is ‘established’, suggesting a visionary theophany rather than physical birth.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Atri
• Sarvalokeśa (Lord of all worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sage’s inner vision (darśana) is portrayed as a vessel for the divine—suggesting that purity and tapas make the sacred perceptible, just as tīrthas make holiness accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the overarching māhātmya context in which Atri and Soma are remembered.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is described in this verse.