Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

त्रिशूलांकितहस्ताश्च सर्वे च वृषवाहनाः । दिव्याप्सरोगणाकीर्णाः क्रीडंते मत्प्रभावतः

Transliteration

triśūlāṃkitahastāśca sarve ca vṛṣavāhanāḥ | divyāpsarogaṇākīrṇāḥ krīḍaṃte matprabhāvataḥ

Translation

அவர்களெல்லாரின் கைகளிலும் திரிசூலச் சின்னம் உள்ளது; அனைவரும் ரிஷபவாகனர்கள். தெய்வ அப்சரா கணங்கள் சூழ, என் அருளின் மகிமையால் அவர்கள் களித்து விளையாடுகின்றனர்.

Word by Word

• त्रिशूलाङ्कितहस्ताः: whose hands are marked with a trident
• त्रिशूलाङ्कितहस्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशूल + अङ्कित + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रिशूलेन अङ्किताः हस्ताः येषाम्/हस्ताः त्रिशूलाङ्किताः); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• वृषवाहनाः: having the bull as their vehicle
• वृषवाहनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वृषः वाहनं येषाम्); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दिव्याप्सरोगणाकीर्णाः: surrounded by groups of divine apsarases
• दिव्याप्सरोगणाकीर्णाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + अप्सरस् + गण + आकीर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दिव्य-अप्सरोगणैः आकीर्णाः); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्रीडन्ते: they sport/play
• क्रीडन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मत्प्रभावतः: due to my power
• मत्प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मत् (अस्मद्-सम्बद्ध) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मम प्रभावः); तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: 'due to/from'); अर्थे—हेतु (cause)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly of Śiva’s followers with trident-marks on their hands, mounted on bulls, encircled by apsarā-hosts, sporting in a luminous tīrtha-landscape suggestive of Prabhāsa’s sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Triśūla
• Vṛṣa (bull)
• Apsaras
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Union with Śiva’s sphere is depicted through Śaiva emblems and joy, emphasizing liberation as participation in divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a cause for reaching Śiva’s realm and its divine honors.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the posthumous state granted through Śiva’s power associated with Prabhāsa.