Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

प्रभास इति नाम्ना हि शिवपूजारतेन वै । स पुत्रकामो देवेशि प्रभासक्षेत्रमागतः

Transliteration

prabhāsa iti nāmnā hi śivapūjāratena vai | sa putrakāmo deveśi prabhāsakṣetramāgataḥ

Translation

အမှန်တကယ် «ပရဘာသ» ဟူသော အမည်ရှိသူတစ်ဦး ရှိ၍၊ ရှီဝပူဇာ၌ စိတ်နှလုံးမြတ်နိုးသူ ဖြစ်သည်။ သားတော်ရလိုသော ဆန္ဒဖြင့်၊ ဒေဝတို့၏ မိခင်မဟာဒေဝီရေ၊ သူသည် ပရဘာသ က္ဩေတ္ရ သန့်ရှင်းရာသို့ ရောက်လာ하였다။

Word by Word

• प्रभासः: Prabhāsa (a person)
• प्रभासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश-निपात

• नाम्ना: by name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (by name)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान-निपात

• शिवपूजारतेन: devoted to Śiva-worship
• शिवपूजारतेन: Karana (Accompaniment/quality in instrumental/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव + पूजा + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य पूजायां रतः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of स)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुत्रकामः: desiring a son
• पुत्रकामः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (पुत्रस्य कामः = पुत्रं कामयते); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of सः)

• देवेशि: O Lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशी); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आगतः: came/has come
• आगतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle used actively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (has come)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee named Prabhāsa, intent on Śiva worship and longing for a son, arrives at the sacred coastal kṣetra with offerings, humility, and resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Prabhāsa (devotee)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desires are to be pursued through dharmic means—devotion, worship, and pilgrimage—rather than through harm or deception.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, approached for Śiva-worship and fulfillment of putra-kāmanā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā (worship of Śiva) is indicated as the devotee’s practice; specific ritual details are not given here.