Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

युगेयुगे महादेवि कल्पमन्वतरादिषु । तत्रैव संस्थितिर्विष्णोर्नान्यत्र च रतिर्भवेत्

Transliteration

yugeyuge mahādevi kalpamanvatarādiṣu | tatraiva saṃsthitirviṣṇornānyatra ca ratirbhavet

Translation

ഹേ മഹാദേവീ, യുഗം യുഗമായി—കൽപം, മന്വന്തരങ്ങൾ മുതലായവയിൽ—വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ നിവാസം അവിടെയേ; മറ്റെവിടെയും അവനു രതി (ആനന്ദം) ഉദിക്കുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• युगे: in a yuga
• युगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (reduplicated with repetition: “in every yuga”)

• युगे: in (each) yuga
• युगे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iterative: “yuge yuge”)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महती देवी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• कल्प: in (a) kalpa
• कल्प: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (governing compound with following)

• मन्वतरादिषु: in manvantaras and the like
• मन्वतरादिषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मन्वन्तर-आदि = “Manvantaras and the like”); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: “only/indeed”)

• संस्थितिः: abiding, presence
• संस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• रतिः: delight, attachment
• रतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be, should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mitravana (Viṣṇu-sthiti-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic-time tableau: the same sacred grove/spot remains unchanged while faint overlays of different yugas pass like veils; Viṣṇu’s presence stands constant at the center, conveying timeless abode.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Kalpa
• Manvantara
• Mitravana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness of a kṣetra is timeless—rooted in divine permanence beyond changing cosmic cycles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu-station in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextually Mitravana/Bhallatīrtha region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it asserts the perpetual sanctity and divine preference for the place.