Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

देवानामपि संस्थानं तच्च द्वादशयोजनम् । पंचयोजनमानेन पीठं तत्र प्रकीर्त्तितम्

Transliteration

devānāmapi saṃsthānaṃ tacca dvādaśayojanam | paṃcayojanamānena pīṭhaṃ tatra prakīrttitam

Translation

ഇത് ദേവന്മാർക്കും വാസസ്ഥാനമാണ്; ഇതിന്റെ വ്യാപ്തി പന്ത്രണ്ടു യോജന. അവിടെ അഞ്ചു യോജന അളവുള്ള പുണ്യപീഠം പ്രസിദ്ധമാണെന്ന് കീര്ത്തിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Avadharana/Samuccaya (Particle function)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• संस्थानम्: abode, site, settlement
• संस्थानम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject or complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• द्वादशयोजनम्: twelve-yojana (in extent)
• द्वादशयोजनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); समासः द्विगु (numerical compound)

• पञ्चयोजनमानेन: by the measure of five yojanas
• पञ्चयोजनमानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + योजन (प्रातिपदिक) + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुष (measure: 'of five yojanas' + 'by measure')

• पीठम्: seat, pedestal, sacred spot
• पीठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• प्रकीर्तितम्: is proclaimed/has been declared
• प्रकीर्तितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred coastal kṣetra rendered as a luminous mandala: gods hovering above, the land marked by a central pīṭha, with subtle measurement motifs (twelve-yojana perimeter; five-yojana seat).

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Devas
• Pīṭha
• Yojana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma sacralizes landscape: the kṣetra is mapped as a divine habitation with measurable extents to guide pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, including its famed pīṭha associated with Somnātha’s sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it provides pilgrimage-topography (kṣetra and pīṭha dimensions) as guidance for sacred travel.