Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
Devanagari script
येनेदं विहितं शास्त्रं प्रभासक्षेत्रदीपकम् । स शिवश्चैव विज्ञेयो मानुषीं प्रकृतिं स्थितः
Transliteration
yenedaṃ vihitaṃ śāstraṃ prabhāsakṣetradīpakam | sa śivaścaiva vijñeyo mānuṣīṃ prakṛtiṃ sthitaḥ
Translation
ज्याने हे ‘प्रभास-क्षेत्र-दीपक’ शास्त्र रचले, तो मानवी प्रकृतीत असूनही स्वयं शिवच समजावा।
Word by Word
येनby whom
येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular)
विहितम्ordained, composed
विहितम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Predicate/निर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√धा (धातु)
Formक्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (singular)
शास्त्रम्scripture, teaching
शास्त्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular)
प्रभासक्षेत्रदीपकम्illumining Prabhāsa-kṣetra
प्रभासक्षेत्रदीपकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभास + क्षेत्र + दीपक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभासक्षेत्रस्य दीपकम् = illuminator of the Prabhāsa-field)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
शिवःŚiva
शिवः:
Pratipadyartha (Predicate nominative/प्रत्ययार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
विज्ञेयःis to be known (as)
विज्ञेयः:
Pratipadyartha (Predicate/निर्देश)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√ज्ञा (धातु)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be known’), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
मानुषीम्human
मानुषीम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
प्रकृतिम्nature, condition
प्रकृतिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
स्थितःabiding, being situated
स्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)
Speaker
Śiva (addressing Pārvatī)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārvatī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A human sage-author writes the ‘Prabhāsa-kṣetra-dīpaka’ while Śiva’s aura subtly overlays him, indicating identity-in-essence; a lamp motif radiates over a map-like vision of Prabhāsa.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaP
PārvatīP
Prabhāsa-kṣetraFAQs
A true revealer of tīrtha-māhātmya is seen as divinely empowered, even if appearing human.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
None; the verse establishes the sanctity and authority of the teaching itself.