Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

जंबूद्वीपाधिपाः सर्वे भवतामत्रवासि नाम् । आदेशं च करिष्यंति शिरस्याधाय शोभनम्

Transliteration

jaṃbūdvīpādhipāḥ sarve bhavatāmatravāsi nām | ādeśaṃ ca kariṣyaṃti śirasyādhāya śobhanam

Translation

ജംബൂദ്വീപിലെ എല്ലാ രാജാധിപന്മാരും ഇവിടെ വസിക്കുന്ന നിങ്ങളുടെ ആജ്ഞ നിർവഹിക്കും; അതിനെ മഹത്തായ ബാധ്യതയായി കരുതി ശിരസ്സിൽ വഹിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ സ്വീകരിക്കും।

Word by Word

• जंबूद्वीपाधिपाः: the rulers of Jambūdvīpa
• जंबूद्वीपाधिपाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बूद्वीप + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः: जम्बूद्वीपस्य अधिपाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अधिपाः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भवताम्: of you (hon.)
• भवताम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (आदरार्थे), षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अत्रवासिनाम्: of those dwelling here
• अत्रवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; समासः: अत्र वासिनः (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• आदेशम्: command/order
• आदेशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• करिष्यन्ति: will do/fulfil
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिरसि: on (their) head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• आधाय: having placed
• आधाय: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वकर्म/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: धा, उपसर्ग: आ-; पूर्वक्रिया

• शोभनम्: splendid/auspicious
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आदेशम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम् (or क्रियाविशेषणवत्: splendidly)

Speaker

Soma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Māhātmya audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial courtly tableau: kings from across Jambūdvīpa bow with folded hands, lifting a command to their heads in reverence before a Prabhāsa resident—set against the Somnātha shrine and coastal horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Jambūdvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Residence in a sanctified kṣetra aligned with dharma grants moral authority; worldly power is meant to honor and protect sacred communities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a spiritually sovereign region under Śrī Someśvara’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse asserts dharma-based social order—respect for kṣetra-dwellers and their righteous injunctions.