Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततो विहस्य देवेशः शंकरो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । अनेकमुण्डकोटीभिर्या मे माला विराजते

Transliteration

tato vihasya deveśaḥ śaṃkaro vākyamabravīt | anekamuṇḍakoṭībhiryā me mālā virājate

Translation

ထို့နောက် ဒေဝတို့၏အရှင် ရှင်ကရသည် ပြုံးရယ်ကာ ဤစကားကို မိန့်တော်မူသည်။ “ငါ့ပေါ်၌ တောက်ပနေသော မုဏ္ဍမာလာသည် ဦးခေါင်းအရိုး ကုဋိကုဋိ များစွာဖြင့် ဖွဲ့ထားသည်။”

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala/Desha-adhikarana (Temporal/Locative adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; तद्-प्रत्ययान्त-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: then/from that)

• विहस्य: having laughed
• विहस्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• देवेशः: lord of gods
• देवेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• वाक्यम्: speech / words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अब्रवीत्: spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन

• अनेकमुण्डकोटीभिः: with many crores of skulls
• अनेकमुण्डकोटीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + मुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अनेकानां मुण्डानां कोटिभिः)

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• माला: garland
• माला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• विराजते: shines / is resplendent
• विराजते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara smiles gently and begins explaining the immense skull-garland—crores upon crores—suggesting immeasurable time and repeated dissolutions.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śaṅkara
• Deveśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s skull-garland signifies transcendence over death and time, and his role as the cosmic dissolver who remains untouched by fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the context of Śiva’s presence at (the root/base of) Kālāgniliṅga.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction is stated in this verse; it is a revelatory description of Śiva’s form.