Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अकथ्यं देवदेवेशि तव स्नेहात्प्रकाशितम् । एतत्प्राभासिकं क्षेत्रं प्रभया दीपितं मम

Transliteration

akathyaṃ devadeveśi tava snehātprakāśitam | etatprābhāsikaṃ kṣetraṃ prabhayā dīpitaṃ mama

Translation

ହେ ଦେବଦେବେଶୀ, ଏହା ଅକଥ୍ୟ; କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମ ପ୍ରତି ସ୍ନେହରୁ ଏହା ପ୍ରକାଶିତ ହୋଇଛି। ଏହି ପ୍ରାଭାସିକ କ୍ଷେତ୍ର ମୋର ପ୍ରଭାରେ ଦୀପ୍ତ।

Word by Word

• akathyam: unspeakable
• akathyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + kathya (प्रातिपदिक; √kath (धातु) से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; नञ्-समासार्थक (negated) विशेषण

• deva: god
• deva: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• deveśi: O goddess, ruler of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + īśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशी)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• snehāt: from affection; due to love
• snehāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• prakāśitam: revealed, made manifest
• prakāśitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kāś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prābhāsikam: pertaining to Prabhāsa
• prābhāsikam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhāsa + ika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्धितान्त विशेषण

• kṣetram: sacred field, holy place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prabhayā: by (its) radiance
• prabhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• dīpitam: illumined, lit up
• dīpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dīp (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), भूतकर्मणि; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mama: my / of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prābhāsika-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devadeveśī/Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva tells Devī that the secret is ‘unspeakable’ yet revealed out of affection; the entire Prabhāsa-kṣetra glows with a pervasive radiance, like dawn-light over the sea and temples.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prābhāsika-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain sacred truths are ‘rahasya’—revealed through divine intimacy; Prabhāsa shines because Śiva’s presence is its inner light.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prābhāsika-kṣetra (Prabhāsa-kṣetra), praised as illumined by Śiva’s radiance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse underscores the sanctity and esoteric status of the kṣetra.