Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

समुद्रं प्रार्थयामास स्थानं संवासहेतवे । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु देवदेवो दिवाकरः

Transliteration

samudraṃ prārthayāmāsa sthānaṃ saṃvāsahetave | etasminneva kāle tu devadevo divākaraḥ

Translation

निवासासाठी योग्य स्थान मिळावे म्हणून त्याने समुद्राची प्रार्थना केली. आणि त्याच वेळी देवदेव दिवाकर (सूर्य)ही…

Word by Word

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामास: requested, entreated
• प्रार्थयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्थ् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) ; प्रार्थय (णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative stem: 'to request')

• स्थानम्: a place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संवासहेतवे: for the purpose of residence
• संवासहेतवे: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवास + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक); संवास-हेतु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संवासस्य हेतु = for the purpose of dwelling)

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle: 'indeed/just')

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तु: then, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (particle: 'but/and then')

• देवदेवः: god of gods
• देवदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक); देव-देव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः = god of gods)

• दिवाकरः: the Sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse; likely Sūta speaking within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Samudra-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu stands at the seashore with attendants, hands in prayer toward the Ocean; waves rise as if listening. Simultaneously, the Sun’s radiance subtly shifts, hinting at an impending eclipse event.

Characters & Entities

• Samudra (Ocean)
• Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as divinely sanctioned—nature itself (the Ocean) participates in dharma by granting holy abodes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, linked with the oceanic shoreline and the manifestation of tīrtha-space.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite here; it introduces the conditions leading to an auspicious tīrtha and later snāna.