Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

आदिनाथेन शर्वेण सर्वप्राणिहिताय वै । आद्यतत्त्वान्यथानीय क्षेत्रमेतन्महाप्रभम् । प्रभासितं महादेवि यत्र सिद्ध्यंति मानवाः

Transliteration

ādināthena śarveṇa sarvaprāṇihitāya vai | ādyatattvānyathānīya kṣetrametanmahāprabham | prabhāsitaṃ mahādevi yatra siddhyaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

ହେ ମହାଦେବୀ! ଆଦିନାଥ ଶର୍ବ (ଶିବ) ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀଙ୍କ ହିତାର୍ଥେ ଆଦ୍ୟ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଏଠାକୁ ଆଣି, ଏହି ମହାପ୍ରଭ କ୍ଷେତ୍ରକୁ ‘ପ୍ରଭାସ’ ଭାବେ ପ୍ରକାଶିତ କଲେ; ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ମାନବମାନେ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପାଆନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ādināthena: by the primordial Lord
• ādināthena: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘आदिनाथ’ = primordial lord)

• śarveṇa: by Śarva (Śiva)
• śarveṇa: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; शिव-नाम

• sarva-prāṇi-hitāya: for the welfare of all creatures
• sarva-prāṇi-hitāya: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग ‘हित’ (benefit) भावे; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘सर्वप्राणिनां हिताय’ = for the welfare of all beings)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• ādya-tattvāni: the primordial principles
• ādya-tattvāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘आद्य’ विशेषण + ‘तत्त्व’ = primordial principles)

• yathā: as, according to
• yathā: Sambandha-bodhaka (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-सम्बन्ध (adverb/conjunction): ‘as/according to’

• ānīya: having brought/established
• ānīya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā + nī (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘आनीय’ = having brought/established

• kṣetram: the sacred field/place
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahā-prabham: greatly radiant, splendid
• mahā-prabham: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘महाप्रभ’ = greatly radiant/glorious)

• prabhāsitam: illuminated, made resplendent
• prabhāsitam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + bhās (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे: ‘प्रभासित’ = made to shine/illuminated

• mahādevi: O Great Goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb): ‘where’

• siddhyanti: succeed, attain fulfillment
• siddhyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sidh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• mānavāḥ: humans
• mānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (the ‘shining forth’ kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Ādinātha/Śarva establishes Prabhāsa: cosmic tattvas depicted as subtle elements (pañca-bhūtas, guṇas, or luminous principles) descending into the kṣetra; the land begins to shine; humans attain siddhi in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śarva (Śiva)
• Mahādevī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is presented as a divinely established, luminous kṣetra where sincere seekers can attain siddhi through the grace of Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa Tīrtha), praised as a supremely radiant sacred field connected with Śiva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse emphasizes the kṣetra’s divinely conferred power to grant spiritual accomplishment.