Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

जन्मप्रभृति यो देवि श्रवणाभ्यां विवर्जितः । प्रभासे निधनं प्राप्तः स भवेन्मत्परिग्रहः

Transliteration

janmaprabhṛti yo devi śravaṇābhyāṃ vivarjitaḥ | prabhāse nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ sa bhavenmatparigrahaḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി, ജന്മം മുതൽ ഇരുകാതുകളിലും ശ്രവണശക്തിയില്ലാത്തവൻ—പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ മരണത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചാൽ—അവൻ എന്റെ പരിഗ്രഹം, എന്റെ ആശ്രയത്തിൽ സ്വീകരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• जन्मप्रभृति: from birth onwards
• जन्मप्रभृति: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जन्म + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), अव्ययीभाव-समास; “जन्मात् आरभ्य”

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• श्रवणाभ्याम्: by (his) two ears
• श्रवणाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन; करण/हेतु-निर्देशः—“by/with (his) two ears”

• विवर्जितः: deprived (of hearing)
• विवर्जितः: Visheshana (Adjective of यः/नरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवर्जित (कृदन्त; वि-√वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; “deprived (of)”

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

• निधनम्: death
• निधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मपदम् (प्राप्तः इत्यस्य)

• प्राप्तः: having met (with)
• प्राप्तः: Visheshana (Adjective of सः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्त (कृदन्त; प्र-√आप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; “having attained/reached” (here: met with)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; “would become”

• मत्परिग्रहः: my dependent/one under my protection
• मत्परिग्रहः: Karta-Predicative (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-षष्ठी-एकवचन-रूपम् ‘मम’ अर्थे) + परिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (“मम परिग्रहः”); sandhi: भवेत् + मत्परिग्रहः

Speaker

Śiva (in Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, speaking to Devī/Umā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deaf-from-birth devotee at Prabhāsa; though unable to hear hymns, he worships through sight and gesture; at death, Śiva’s attendants receive him as ‘mine’—a scene of belonging and protection.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is portrayed as a place of direct divine acceptance: Śiva personally ‘takes’ the devotee (or resident) who dies there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction; it is a promise of Śiva’s protection connected to the place of death.