Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

प्राचीने देव्यहं नित्यं वसामि सहितस्त्वया । प्रभासे तु महाक्षेत्रे विशेषात्तत्र भामिनि

Transliteration

prācīne devyahaṃ nityaṃ vasāmi sahitastvayā | prabhāse tu mahākṣetre viśeṣāttatra bhāmini

Translation

ହେ ଦେବୀ, ମୁଁ ପ୍ରାଚୀନରେ ତୁମ ସହିତ ନିତ୍ୟ ବସୁଛି; ହେ ଭାମିନୀ, ପ୍ରଭାସର ସେହି ମହାକ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ମୁଁ ବିଶେଷତଃ ସେଠାରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ଅଛି।

Word by Word

• प्राचीने: in Prācīna / in the eastern (place)
• प्राचीने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in the eastern/ancient place)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहितः: together (accompanied)
• सहितः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• त्वया: with you
• त्वया: Sahakari/Karana (Instrument/सहकारी-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थाननाम

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• महाक्षेत्रे: in the great sacred field
• महाक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक: महा + क्षेत्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महद् क्षेत्रम्)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत्; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण निपातवत् (ablatival adverb: especially)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भामिनि: O radiant one
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prācīna; Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to the Goddess, indicating Prācīna and the broader Prabhāsa field; the pair appear as a divine couple, with the landscape subtly marked by tīrtha waters and sacred light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Prācīna Tīrtha
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra is sacred because of enduring divine presence; Prabhāsa is praised as a place where Śiva is especially accessible.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prācīna Tīrtha and, more broadly, Prabhāsa Mahākṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse establishes the site’s sanctity through Śiva’s continual residence.