Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

रुल्लं प्राप्य पुनर्देवी समुद्भूता मनोरमा । रुल्लं नाम पुरं यत्र सृष्टं देवेन शंभुना

Transliteration

rullaṃ prāpya punardevī samudbhūtā manoramā | rullaṃ nāma puraṃ yatra sṛṣṭaṃ devena śaṃbhunā

Translation

Setibanya kembali di Rullā, Dewi yang elok menzahirkan diri di sana. Di tempat itu ada kota bernama Rullā, yang dicipta oleh dewa Śambhu.

Word by Word

• रुल्लम्: Rulla (place)
• रुल्लम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुद्भूता: arisen, emerged
• समुद्भूता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्भूत (कृदन्त; √भू (धातु) + क्त, उपसर्ग: सम्+उद्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, विशेषण

• मनोरमा: charming, delightful
• मनोरमा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रुल्लम्: Rulla
• रुल्लम्: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुल्ल (प्रातिपदिक; स्थाननाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sañjñā-sūcaka (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः संज्ञासूचक

• पुरम्: a city
• पुरम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक

• सृष्टम्: created
• सृष्टम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृष्ट (कृदन्त; √सृज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, कर्मणि; (पुरम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rullā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Devī emerges radiant at Rullā, with Śambhu’s creative act implied in the background—either Śiva blessing the ground-plan of a city or raising it into being; the town’s gates/streets appear as sacred architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śambhu
• Rulla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are sanctified through divine manifestation and divine founding, making geography itself a vehicle of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rulla—presented as a sacred city within the Prabhāsakṣetra narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the sanctity and divine origin of the place.