Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पञ्चप्रभासरूपेण भित्त्वा तत्र वसुन्धराम् । येन मार्गेण निष्क्रान्तं तन्मार्गे च महन्महः

Transliteration

pañcaprabhāsarūpeṇa bhittvā tatra vasundharām | yena mārgeṇa niṣkrāntaṃ tanmārge ca mahanmahaḥ

Translation

Приняв образ Пяти Прабхас, оно рассекло там землю. И по тому самому пути, которым вышло наружу, утвердилось великое сияние.

Word by Word

• पञ्चप्रभासरूपेण: in the form of five lights
• पञ्चप्रभासरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + प्रभास + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पञ्चप्रभासानां रूपम्)

• भित्त्वा: having split/pierced
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भिद् (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive, क्त्वा)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; मार्गेण-विशेषण

• मार्गेण: by the path/route
• मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• निष्क्रान्तम्: gone out, emerged
• निष्क्रान्तम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस्-क्रम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (तेजः/महः इत्यस्य)

• तत्: in that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; मार्गे-विशेषण

• मार्गे: in the path
• मार्गे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; महः-विशेषण

• महः: radiance, light
• महः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pañca-Prabhāsa / Mahāmahas-mārga (luminous path)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purāṇic audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blazing fivefold radiance pierces the ground at Prabhāsa, splitting the earth; from the fissure emerges light, and a shining track remains like a permanent luminous corridor.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcaprabhāsa
• Vasundharā
• Mahaḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place is sanctified by the tangible “trace” of divine presence—here, the path of Śiva’s radiance becomes sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, especially the locale identified with Pañcaprabhāsa and the emergence-path of the tejas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicit; it provides the mythic-etymological basis for later worship at the spot.