Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

उत्तरेण यजुर्वेदः शुद्धस्फटिकसन्निभः । दिव्यकुण्डलधारी च महाकायो महाभुजः

Transliteration

uttareṇa yajurvedaḥ śuddhasphaṭikasannibhaḥ | divyakuṇḍaladhārī ca mahākāyo mahābhujaḥ

Translation

उत्तर दिशेस यजुर्वेद स्थित होता—शुद्ध स्फटिकासारखा उज्ज्वल; दिव्य कुंडले धारण करणारा, महाकाय व महाबाहू।

Word by Word

• उत्तरेण: to the north
• उत्तरेण: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्; दिक्-निर्देशे अव्ययीभाववत् (adverbial: to the north)

• यजुर्वेदः: the Yajurveda
• यजुर्वेदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुर्वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (यजुषां वेदः)

• शुद्ध-स्फटिक-सन्निभः: resembling pure crystal
• शुद्ध-स्फटिक-सन्निभः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + स्फटिक (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यजुर्वेदः); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (शुद्धस्फटिकवत् सन्निभः)

• दिव्य-कुण्डल-धारी: wearing divine earrings
• दिव्य-कुण्डल-धारी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (दिव्ये कुण्डले धारयति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• महा-कायः: large-bodied
• महा-कायः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् कायः यस्य/महाकायः)

• महा-भुजः: great-armed
• महा-भुजः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान्तौ भुजौ यस्य)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Māhātmya passages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: To the north of the shrine stands Yajurveda personified—crystal-bright, wearing divine earrings, huge-bodied and strong-armed, like a luminous guardian of ritual knowledge.

Characters & Entities

• Yajurveda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is portrayed as so sacred that even the Vedas appear there in embodied, divine form—affirming the site as a living center of Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha) is being praised through the vision of the Vedas stationed in the directions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it is a descriptive Māhātmya passage establishing the sanctity of the place.