Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यदातिश्रमसंयुक्ता वह्निना दह्यसे भृशम् । तदा विभिद्य वसुधां प्रत्यक्षा भव पुत्रिके

Transliteration

yadātiśramasaṃyuktā vahninā dahyase bhṛśam | tadā vibhidya vasudhāṃ pratyakṣā bhava putrike

Translation

நீ மிகுந்த சோர்வால் பீடிக்கப்பட்டு அக்னியால் கடுமையாக எரியும்போது, அப்போது பூமியைப் பிளந்து அனைவர்முன் வெளிப்படுவாயாக, மகளே।

Word by Word

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Time marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction)

• atiśramasaṃyuktā: joined with great fatigue
• atiśramasaṃyuktā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atiśrama-saṃyukta (प्रातिपदिक; atiśrama + saṃyukta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (atiśrameṇa saṃyuktā) + कृदन्त saṃyukta (क्त; from saṃ-√yuj/युज्)

• vahninā: by fire
• vahninā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• dahyase: you are burned
• dahyase: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (दह्)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• bhṛśam: excessively, intensely
• bhṛśam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदा = तस्मिन् काले (then)

• vibhidya: having split open
• vibhidya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√bhid (भिद्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having split; अव्ययभाव

• vasudhām: the earth
• vasudhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pratyakṣā: visible, manifest
• pratyakṣā: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective with "bhava"

• bhava: become
• bhava: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• putrike: O daughter
• putrike: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putrikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced from immediate context; Īśvara later narrates)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (manifestation-point motif)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed ‘daughter’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary, radiant maiden scorched by surrounding flames pauses; the ground splits with a luminous fissure as she emerges/appears before all, with dust and light rising together.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sarasvatī
• Vahni (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection arises at the moment of utmost trial; the sacred becomes visible when dharma requires it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, celebrated as a place where divine presences and tīrthas become directly manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse describes a divine instruction about manifestation rather than a vrata or dāna.