Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जांबूनदमयं देवि तत्पूर्वमभवत्क्षितौ । तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन शैलीभूतं च सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

jāṃbūnadamayaṃ devi tatpūrvamabhavatkṣitau | tiṣyamāhātmyayogena śailībhūtaṃ ca sāṃpratam

Translation

Ó Deusa, outrora existia na terra inteiramente feito de ouro Jāmbūnada; mas, pelo poder da grandeza de Tiṣya, tornou-se agora uma montanha.

Word by Word

• जाम्बूनदमयम्: made of Jāmbūnada gold
• जाम्बूनदमयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाम्बूनद (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/स्थलम्-अर्थे); तत्पुरुषः (जाम्बूनदेन मयम् = made of Jāmbūnada-gold)

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

• तत्: that (thing/place)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (पूर्वोक्त-वस्तु)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• अभवत्: was; became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन: by the power/connection of Tiṣya’s greatness
• तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तिष्यस्य माहात्म्यस्य योगः)

• शैलीभूतम्: turned into rock; petrified
• शैलीभूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैलि (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past participle of भू with preform शैलि-); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• साम्प्रतम्: now; at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now/at present)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala-śaila (Tiṣya-māhātmya transformed hill)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-golden expanse on earth gradually cools and solidifies into a sacred mountain; the gold sheen remains as veins of light within rock, while a celestial inscription of ‘Tiṣya-māhātmya’ hovers subtly above.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Tiṣya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s māhātmya can sanctify and even transform the very substance of the landscape, showing dharma embedded in sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is being described, with reference to the potency connected to Tiṣya’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it establishes the sanctity and extraordinary nature of the place.