Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सार्वभौमो महीपालो विपक्षगणसूदनः । कलिद्वापरयोः संधौ सभूतः पृथिवीपतिः

Transliteration

sārvabhaumo mahīpālo vipakṣagaṇasūdanaḥ | kalidvāparayoḥ saṃdhau sabhūtaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ

Translation

അവൻ സർവ്വഭൗമൻ, ഭൂമിയുടെ പാലകൻ, ശത്രുസമൂഹങ്ങളെ സംഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ. ദ്വാപര-കലിയുഗങ്ങളുടെ സന്ധിക്കാലത്ത് അവൻ ഭൂമിപതിയായി ഉദയം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• सार्वभौमः: universal/sovereign
• सार्वभौमः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वभौम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying राजा/पृथिवीपतिः)

• महीपालः: protector of the earth; king
• महीपालः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही + पाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: मह्याः पालः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• विपक्षगणसूदनः: slayer of groups of enemies
• विपक्षगणसूदनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपक्ष + गण + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: विपक्षाणां गणस्य सूदनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• कलिद्वापरयोः: of Kali and Dvāpara (yugas)
• कलिद्वापरयोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि + द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; समास: कलिः च द्वापरः च (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व)

• संधौ: at the junction
• संधौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• स: he
• स: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अभूतः: became/was
• अभूतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; रूप: अभूत् (with visarga in pada as masculine predicate)

• पृथिवीपतिः: lord of the earth
• पृथिवीपतिः: Predicate-Nominative (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: पृथिव्याः पतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A universal monarch, Śaśabindu, is portrayed as earth’s protector and slayer of hostile hosts, arising at the Dvāpara–Kali junction—an image of heroic order at the edge of decline.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even at the turning of ages, dharma is upheld through righteous rulership and protection of the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is set up for Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnāth/Someśvara region) glorification in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces the king whose later pilgrimage and worship are described.