Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अहं देवि त्वया सार्द्धं षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वसंयुतः । निवसामि महाभागे प्रभासे पापनाशने

Transliteration

ahaṃ devi tvayā sārddhaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasaṃyutaḥ | nivasāmi mahābhāge prabhāse pāpanāśane

Translation

ഹേ ദേവി! ഞാൻ സ്വയം നിനക്കൊപ്പം ഷട്ത്രിംശത് തത്ത്വസമന്വിതനായി, പാപനാശകമായ പ്രഭാസത്തിൽ, ഹേ മഹാഭാഗേ, വസിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• tvayā: with you
• tvayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: together with)

• ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with the thirty-six principles
• ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva-saṃyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattvaiḥ saṃyutaḥ = ‘endowed with 36 principles’)

• nivasāmi: I dwell
• nivasāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि + लट्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasyāḥ)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (स्थाननाम)

• pāpa-nāśane: in the destroyer of sins (place)
• pāpa-nāśane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśane)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, declaring his abiding presence in Prabhāsa together with her, the kṣetra shining as a tattva-filled field; the landscape suggests the western sea-coast with sacred light around a liṅga/temple precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa
• Ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva (thirty-six principles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is affirmed as a supreme sin-destroying kṣetra because Śiva and Śakti themselves abide there in fullness of tattvic power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly called pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific practice is stated; the verse establishes the theological foundation for pilgrimage merit through divine residence.