Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

देवि षष्टिसहस्राणि याज्ञवल्क्यपुरस्कृताः । जपं कुर्वंति रुद्राणां चन्द्रभागां व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

devi ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi yājñavalkyapuraskṛtāḥ | japaṃ kurvaṃti rudrāṇāṃ candrabhāgāṃ vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവീ, യാജ്ഞവൽക്ക്യനെ മുൻനിർത്തി അറുപതിനായിരം ഋഷികൾ ചന്ദ്രഭാഗയുടെ തീരത്ത് നിലകൊണ്ട് രുദ്രമന്ത്രജപം ചെയ്യുന്നു.

Word by Word

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• षष्टि-सहस्राणि: sixty thousand
• षष्टि-सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक)

• याज्ञवल्क्य-पुरस्कृताः: led by Yājñavalkya / having Yājñavalkya in front
• याज्ञवल्क्य-पुरस्कृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरस् + √कृ (धातु) → पुरस्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; भूतकृदन्त ‘पुरस्कृत’ (कृत-प्रत्यय)

• जपम्: japa, recitation
• जपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• कुर्वन्ति: they do / perform
• कुर्वन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Present indicative, 3rd plural

• रुद्राणाम्: of the Rudras
• रुद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• चन्द्रभागाम्: Candrabhāgā (river)
• चन्द्रभागाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रभागा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन — Accusative singular (स्थान/देश-नाम)

• व्यवस्थिताः: standing/remaining (there), stationed
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन — Nominative plural; भूतकृदन्त (क्त)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Candrabhāgā-taṭa (within Prabhāsa)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as devi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An immense assembly of sages on the Candrabhāgā bank, Yājñavalkya prominent at the front; all seated in orderly rows, counting beads, lips moving in Rudra-mantra japa; river glints under moonlike light implied by the name Candrabhāgā.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Yājñavalkya
• Candrabhāgā
• Rudra
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra-japa performed in a sanctified landscape multiplies spiritual power; holy rivers and kṣetras support sustained sādhana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Candrabhāgā within the Prabhāsa region, presented as a powerful setting for Rudra-japa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rudra-mantra japa (repetition of Rudra formulas) performed while residing at Candrabhāgā.