Shloka 43 - Adhyaya 35 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Malayalam | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्रोद्गमवटस्तस्यास्तत्समाख्यो व्यवस्थितः । ततः प्रभृति सा देवी सुप्रभं प्रकटा स्थिता

Transliteration

tatrodgamavaṭastasyāstatsamākhyo vyavasthitaḥ | tataḥ prabhṛti sā devī suprabhaṃ prakaṭā sthitā

Translation

അവിടെ അവളുടെ ഉദ്ഭവനാമത്തിൽ ‘ഉദ്ഗമവടം’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള ആൽമരം നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു. അന്നുമുതൽ ദേവി സുപ്രഭയിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി വിരാജിച്ചു.

Word by Word

तत्रthere

उद्गमवटःthe source-banyan (tree)

तस्याःof her

तत्समाख्यःbearing that name

व्यवस्थितःstood/situated

ततःthen/from that point

प्रभृतिfrom then onward

साshe

देवीthe goddess

सुप्रभम्splendidly/brightly

प्रकटाbecame manifest

स्थिताremained

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Udgamavaṭa (Suprabhā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable banyan (Udgamavaṭa) stands at the river’s emergence; the goddess remains visibly manifest at Suprabhā, blessing pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

Udgamavaṭa

Sarasvatī

Suprabha

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Manifestation (prakaṭatā) of the divine is anchored to place; remembrance of sacred markers like trees sustains pilgrimage-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Udgamavaṭa (the emergence banyan) and Suprabha, where Sarasvatī is said to remain manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a tīrtha-marker for devotees to recognize the site.