Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

आकाशश्चाप्यहं भद्रे पृथिवी त्वमिहोच्यसे । अहमदृश्यमूर्तिश्च दृश्यमूर्तिस्त्वमुच्यसे

Transliteration

ākāśaścāpyahaṃ bhadre pṛthivī tvamihocyase | ahamadṛśyamūrtiśca dṛśyamūrtistvamucyase

Translation

ഹേ ഭദ്രേ, ഞാൻ ആകാശവും; ഇവിടെ നീ പൃഥിവി എന്നു ഉച്യ. ഞാൻ അദൃശ്യ മൂർത്തി; നീ ദൃശ്യ മൂർത്തി എന്നു ഉച്യ.

Word by Word

• ākāśaḥ: sky/space
• ākāśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-प्रयोग (particle: also/indeed)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case/Vocative), एकवचन

• pṛthivī: earth
• pṛthivī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• ucyase: are called/are said
• ucyase: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• adṛśya-mūrtiḥ: (one of) invisible form
• adṛśya-mūrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adṛśya (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (adṛśyā mūrtiḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• dṛśya-mūrtiḥ: (one of) visible form
• dṛśya-mūrtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dṛśya (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (dṛśyā mūrtiḥ)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• ucyase: are called
• ucyase: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Śiva-Śakti identification in Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split yet unified tableau: upper expanse as luminous ākāśa with subtle, barely outlined Śiva; lower expanse as fertile earth with Devī as visible form; a single vertical axis of light connects them.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Parameśvarī)
• Ākāśa
• Pṛthivī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine is both transcendent (unseen) and immanent (seen); worship recognizes both aspects as one reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the māhātmya context, presenting the place as a field where such unity is realized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified in this verse.