Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान्समाधिस्थो बभूव ह । एवं संध्यायतस्तस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavānsamādhistho babhūva ha | evaṃ saṃdhyāyatastasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ

Translation

ଏପରି କହି ସେ ଭଗବାନ୍ ସମାଧିସ୍ଥ ହେଲେ। ଏଭଳି ଅମିତତେଜସ୍ବୀ ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ଧ୍ୟାନ କରୁଥିବାବେଳେ—

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• uktvā: having spoken
• uktvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु) → uktvā (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा (gerund), ‘having said’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• samādhi-sthaḥ: absorbed in samādhi
• samādhi-sthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samādhi + stha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: समाधौ स्थितः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of bhagavān

• babhūva: became, was
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ha: indeed, (narrative particle)
• ha: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक निपात

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• saṃdhyāyataḥ: of (him) meditating
• saṃdhyāyataḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-dhyai (धातु) → saṃdhyāyat (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (शतृ/वर्तमान-कर्तरि), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of him who was meditating’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• amita-tejasaḥ: of immeasurable splendor
• amita-tejasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: amita + tejas (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय (अमितं तेजः यस्य), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषण of viṣṇoḥ

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic discourse; likely Sūta)

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Bhagavān (the Lord)
• Samādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner realization (samādhi) is presented as a force that outwardly blesses the world—manifesting sanctity for beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The context is Prabhāsa and the forthcoming manifestation of Saṃnihitī tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it narrates the divine meditative act that enables the tīrtha’s appearance.