Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एकार्णवगते लोके तत्पंकजमपंकजम् । येनोद्धृतं क्षणेनैव प्रभासस्थः स किं हरिः

Transliteration

ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṃkajamapaṃkajam | yenoddhṛtaṃ kṣaṇenaiva prabhāsasthaḥ sa kiṃ hariḥ

Translation

ലോകം ഒരൊറ്റ മഹാസമുദ്രമായി മുങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ, മലിനരഹിതമായ ആ താമരയെ ക്ഷണത്തിൽ ഉയർത്തിയവൻ—ആ ഹരി പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ ഉണ്ടെങ്കിൽ പിന്നെ എന്തു പറയണം?

Word by Word

• ekārṇava-gate: in the world that had become one ocean
• ekārṇava-gate: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekārṇava (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam गतौ)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; gata-शब्दः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनं (here: locative singular agreeing with loke) — ‘having gone into/being in’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tat-paṅkajam: that lotus
• tat-paṅkajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tat = ‘of that’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• apaṅkajam: mudless (pure)
• apaṅkajam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apaṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tat-paṅkajam)

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/करणे प्रयोगः

• uddhṛtam: was lifted up
• uddhṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√hṛ (धातु; हरणे)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः — ‘was lifted up’

• kṣaṇena: in a moment
• kṣaṇena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; काल-करणे

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — अवधारणार्थकः (emphatic)

• prabhāsa-sthaḥ: dwelling in Prabhāsa
• prabhāsa-sthaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā तिष्ठति)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः; stha-शब्दः क्त/कृदन्त-प्रायः (स्थ ‘standing/being’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying hariḥ)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kim: how?/what?
• kim: Sambandha (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (same inquiry voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The world as a single ocean; from the waters rises a spotless lotus/earth-symbol lifted instantly by the Lord (Varāha resonance), while the Prabhāsa shoreline glows, implying the same savior-power abides here.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Lotus (cosmic motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By linking cosmic creation/dissolution imagery to Prabhāsa, the text teaches that tīrthas are gateways to experiencing the Supreme’s vastness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-stha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a contemplative praise-question.