Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अहमिन्द्रो महातेजाः प्राची त्वं परमेश्वरी । प्रजापतीनां रूपेण सर्वमाहं व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

ahamindro mahātejāḥ prācī tvaṃ parameśvarī | prajāpatīnāṃ rūpeṇa sarvamāhaṃ vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

ഞാൻ മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള ഇന്ദ്രൻ; ഹേ പരമേശ്വരി, നീ പ്രാചി—കിഴക്കുദിശ. പ്രജാപതികളുടെ രൂപത്തിൽ ഞാൻ സർവ്വത്തിലും സ്ഥാപിതൻ.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य)

• प्राची: the eastern direction
• प्राची: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (दिक्-नाम)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमेश्वरी: O supreme goddess
• परमेश्वरी: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-एकवचन (contextually address/apposition); कर्मधारय-समास (परमा ईश्वरी)

• प्रजापतीनाम्: of the Prajāpatis
• प्रजापतीनाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रूपेण: by/through the form
• रूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: am established/abide
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भाव (having been established/abiding)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant kingly deity declaring himself Indra-like, surrounded by subtle emblems of the Prajāpatis; the Goddess appears as the luminous eastern horizon, suggesting dawn and orientation.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Prācī (East)
• Parameśvarī
• Prajāpati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity manifests as both ruler-gods and the very structure of space and creation, making the world itself a sacred field.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the pilgrim is taught to perceive the directions and deities as divine embodiments.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse supports dik-veneration and cosmic contemplation often associated with tīrtha practice.