Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

कौबेर्यां सृष्टिकर्ता च नन्दिपुर्यां बृहस्पतिः । प्रभासे बालरूपी च वाराणस्यां सुरप्रियः

Transliteration

kauberyāṃ sṛṣṭikartā ca nandipuryāṃ bṛhaspatiḥ | prabhāse bālarūpī ca vārāṇasyāṃ surapriyaḥ

Translation

కౌబేరీలో నేను ‘సృష్టికర్త’, నందీపురీలో ‘బృహస్పతి’. ప్రభాసంలో నేను బాలరూపుడను, వారాణసీలో ‘సురప్రియ’గా ప్రసిద్ధుడను.

Word by Word

• कौबेर्याम्: in Kauberī
• कौबेर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौबेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सृष्टिकर्ता: creator
• सृष्टिकर्ता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक); कर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सृष्टेः कर्ता)

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

• नन्दिपुर्याम्: in Nandipurī
• नन्दिपुर्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिपुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बालरूपी: having the form of a child
• बालरूपी: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (बालरूपः यस्य/बालरूपेण) — अर्थतः ‘बालरूपधारी’

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

• वाराणस्याम्: in Vārāṇasī
• वाराणस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सुरप्रियः: dear to the gods
• सुरप्रियः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणां प्रियः)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa; Vārāṇasī; Kauberī; Nandīpurī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Implied) Viṣṇu or the inquirer addressing Pitāmaha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā describes his forms; a central child-form Brahmā appears at Prabhāsa with sea-coast light, while another vignette shows Kāśī ghats with Brahmā as Surapriya; two additional vignettes depict Kauberī and Nandīpurī as sacred towns with Brahmā’s aspects.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kauberī
• Nandīpurī
• Prabhāsa
• Vārāṇasī (Kāśī)
• Bṛhaspati
• Bālarūpa
• Surapriya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized for devotees: the same Brahmā is approached through place-specific forms that guide remembrance and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is highlighted for Brahmā’s child-form, and Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) is also named as a sacred seat of Brahmā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use the appropriate nāma-rūpa for contemplation and worship—especially Brahmā as Bālarūpa at Prabhāsa.