Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

आद्यं महाप्रभावं हि नापुण्यो वेद मानवः । तस्यैव कल्पनामानि सांप्रतं प्रब्रवीमि ते

Transliteration

ādyaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ | tasyaiva kalpanāmāni sāṃprataṃ prabravīmi te

Translation

အမှန်တကယ်ပင် ကုသိုလ်နည်းသော လူသည် ၎င်း၏ အစဉ်အလာတော်မူသော မဟာအာနုဘော်ကို မသိမြင်နိုင်။ ထို့ကြောင့် ယခု ငါသည် ကလ္ပအလိုက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော ၎င်း၏ နာမများကို သင်အား ပြောကြားမည်။

Word by Word

• आद्यम्: the first, primordial
• आद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• महाप्रभावम्: greatly powerful (one/thing)
• महाप्रभावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ निपातः

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अपुण्यः: sinful, without merit
• अपुण्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी एकवचनम्

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• कल्पनामानि: the names (in the Kalpa/tradition)
• कल्पनामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कल्पस्य नामानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनम्

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• प्रब्रवीमि: I declare, I tell
• प्रब्रवीमि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (Dative singular)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣabheśvara (kalpa-nāma tradition introduced)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks solemnly to Pārvatī, indicating that the shrine’s primordial power is not understood by the unmeritorious; a cosmic backdrop hints at kalpas—cycles of creation—while the liṅga remains steady and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Mānava (human seeker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual merit (puṇya) refines understanding; tīrtha-glory is grasped through devotion and accumulated righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly a liṅga whose greatness is said to be primordial and kalpa-transcending.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated; the verse introduces a teaching on the liṅga’s kalpa-wise names.