Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं गृहीत्वा साऽमरावतीम् । ग्रहीतुकामो बुभुजे पुत्रपौत्रैः कृतादरः

Transliteration

saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ gṛhītvā sā'marāvatīm | grahītukāmo bubhuje putrapautraiḥ kṛtādaraḥ

Translation

Setelah merampas bumi yang memiliki tujuh benua, dia pun berhasrat merampas Amarāvatī; lalu, dengan menunjukkan kasih, dia bersenang-senang bersama anak dan cucunya.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषणम्; समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद)

• द्वीप: islands/continents
• द्वीप: Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• वतीम्: possessing
• वतीम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय) → वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘युक्ता/समन्विता’ अर्थे

• पृथ्वीम्: the earth
• पृथ्वीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘गृहीत्वा’ = having seized/taken

• सा: she/that (city)
• सा: Kartā (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अमरावतीम्: Amarāvatī (city of the gods)
• अमरावतीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ग्रहीतुकामः: desirous to seize
• ग्रहीतुकामः: Kartā (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → ग्रहीतु (तुमुन्/infinitive-base) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (ग्रहीतुं कामः)

• बुभुजे: enjoyed, partook
• बुभुजे: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• पुत्रपौत्रैः: with sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रैः: Sahakārī (Associate/Instrumental accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च)

• कृतादरः: having shown respect; attentive
• कृतादरः: Kartā (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (क्त/PPP) + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कृतः आदरः येन)

Speaker

Skanda (contextual, within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After seizing the earth of seven continents, the daitya aspires to seize Amarāvatī; he revels with sons and grandsons, complacent in power—an ominous calm before catastrophe.

Characters & Entities

• Earth
• Saptadvīpa
• Amarāvatī
• Sons
• Grandsons

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked conquest expands from earth to heaven; the Purana cautions that desire for dominion escalates when not restrained by dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The story is embedded in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, using cosmic history to enhance the authority of the sacred place’s teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.