Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रे चास्मिन्वरारोहे तेषां देवि गतिं शृणु । दशवर्षसहस्राणि दिव्यानि कमलेक्षणे

Transliteration

kṣetre cāsminvarārohe teṣāṃ devi gatiṃ śṛṇu | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi divyāni kamalekṣaṇe

Translation

ഹേ വരാരോഹേ, ഹേ കമലനയനീ ദേവീ! ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ അവരുടെ ഗതി കേൾക്കുക—അത് പത്തായിരം ദിവ്യവർഷങ്ങൾ വരെ നീളുന്നു.

Word by Word

• क्षेत्रे: in the kṣetra
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Logical connector (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरारोहा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

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

• गतिम्: the fate/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: ten thousand years
• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः—‘दशवर्षाणां सहस्राणि’ (ten-thousand years)

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दशवर्षसहस्राणि)

• कमलेक्षणे: O lotus-eyed one
• कमलेक्षणे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘कमलवत् ईक्षणे यस्याः सा’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses Devī, pointing to the luminous expanse of Prabhāsa-kṣetra; celestial time (divya-varṣa) is visualized as lotus-like cycles above the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions have measured consequences; the Purāṇic narrative quantifies karmic outcomes even within the context of a powerful tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the destinies of various moral types are described in detail.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a transition into a description of post-death gati measured in divine years.