Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कालात्समारभ्य प्रभासं क्षेत्रमाश्रिताः

Transliteration

tasmātkālātsamārabhya prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāśritāḥ

Translation

С того времени они обрели прибежище и утвердились в священной области Прабхасы.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative singular

• कालात्: from (that) time
• कालात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; Ablative singular

• समारभ्य: starting from
• समारभ्य: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-√रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा/ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having begun/starting from’

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• आश्रिताः: (they) resorted to/dwelt in
• आश्रिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (ते) implied subject; ‘having resorted to’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim group, having completed a prior episode, arrives and settles at Prabhāsa-kṣetra; the seashore/river-mouth landscape with temples and tīrtha markers suggests long-term refuge and sacred residence.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not only visited; it is a refuge—steady sacred residence is portrayed as spiritually meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it states an enduring association/residence with Prabhāsa.