Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे महादेवि जीवा उत्तममध्यमाः । कालेन निधनं प्राप्तास्तेऽपि यांति परां गतिम्

Transliteration

asminkṣetre mahādevi jīvā uttamamadhyamāḥ | kālena nidhanaṃ prāptāste'pi yāṃti parāṃ gatim

Translation

മഹാദേവീ! ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ ഉത്തമമോ മധ്യമമോ നിലയിലുള്ള ജീവികൾ കാലക്രമത്തിൽ മരണം പ്രാപിച്ചാലും, അവരും പരമഗതിയെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महती देवी)

• जीवाः: beings
• जीवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उत्तममध्यमाः: excellent and middling (types)
• उत्तममध्यमाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम + मध्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः (उत्तमाश्च मध्यमाश्च)

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• निधनम्: death
• निधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्ताः: having met/attained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘प्राप्त’ = having attained

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (also/even)

• यान्ति: go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (māhātmya statement; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within the sacred precinct, an elderly pilgrim passes peacefully; Śiva’s grace is symbolized as a radiant path upward; attendants chant softly; the Goddess is implied as the addressed witness (‘Mahādevī’).

Characters & Entities

• Mahādevī (addressed)
• Kṣetra
• Supreme destination (parā gati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A mahā-kṣetra elevates even ordinary seekers; association with holy ground can culminate in the highest good.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra of Saṅgāleśvara within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it states a phala (result) connected to residing in or meeting death within the kṣetra.