Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

प्रभवं सर्वलोकानां धर्माणां च विशेषतः । इत्थं देहेन पृथिवीं भावेन यजनेन च

Transliteration

prabhavaṃ sarvalokānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ | itthaṃ dehena pṛthivīṃ bhāvena yajanena ca

Translation

ഞാൻ സർവ്വലോകങ്ങളുടെയും, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ധർമ്മങ്ങളുടെയും ഉദ്ഭവകാരണമാകുന്നു. ഇങ്ങനെ എന്റെ ദേഹത്താൽ, ഭാവത്താൽ, യജ്ഞാരാധനയാൽ ഞാൻ ഭൂമിയെ ധരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• प्रभवम्: origin/source
• प्रभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्व-लोकानाम्: of all worlds/people
• सर्व-लोकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वे लोकाः)

• धर्माणाम्: of dharmas / of duties
• धर्माणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (especially)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• देहेन: with the body
• देहेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• भावेन: by intention/attitude
• भावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यजनेन: by sacrifice/worship
• यजनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

Speaker

King Vena

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A principal inquirer (commonly a sage/king; exact interlocutors not specified in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic theophany at Prabhāsa: the deity declaring sourcehood of worlds and dharmas, with the sea-coast horizon, tīrtha banners, and worshippers offering lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Vena
• Pṛthivī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not manufactured by ego; claiming cosmic authority for oneself is portrayed as delusion that destabilizes the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya’s sacred frame, though this verse centers on Vena’s doctrinal deviation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajana (worship/sacrifice) is referenced, but as something Vena wrongly claims should be directed to himself.