Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यतमे क्षेत्रे धृत्वा सर्वे समाहिताः । अथोद्धृत्य सुराः सर्वे प्रभासं क्षेत्रमागताः

Transliteration

etatpuṇyatame kṣetre dhṛtvā sarve samāhitāḥ | athoddhṛtya surāḥ sarve prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāgatāḥ

Translation

ସେହି ପରମ ପୁଣ୍ୟକ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ତାହାକୁ ସ୍ଥାପନ କରି ସମସ୍ତେ ଏକାଗ୍ର ହେଲେ; ପରେ ତାହାକୁ ଉଦ୍ଧାର କରି ସମସ୍ତ ଦେବତା ପ୍ରଭାସର ପବିତ୍ର କ୍ଷେତ୍ରକୁ ଆସିଲେ।

Word by Word

• etat: in this
• etat: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Locative, Singular; demonstrative adjective)

• puṇyatame: most holy
• puṇyatame: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya-tama (प्रातिपदिक; ‘puṇya’ + तमप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अतिशयवाचक (Neuter, Locative, Singular; superlative)

• kṣetre: in the sacred field
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• dhṛtvā: having placed/held
• dhṛtvā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having held/placed)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• samāhitāḥ: composed/collected (in mind)
• samāhitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• atha: then
• atha: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/now)

• uddhṛtya: having lifted up
• uddhṛtya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); ‘having lifted up/removed’

• surāḥ: gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Plural; adjective)

• prabhāsam: Prabhāsa (place)
• prabhāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• kṣetram: the field/holy place
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• āgatāḥ: came/arrived
• āgatāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used finitely); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the mahatmya (frame: sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods, concentrated and reverent, carry and lift the liṅga, placing it in the supremely holy kṣetra; a divine procession arrives at Prabhāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a tīrtha with collected mind (samāhita) is itself a dhārmic discipline that prepares one for worship and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the destination of the gods.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: carrying and placing the liṅga in a supremely holy kṣetra as a prelude to worship and establishment.