Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

श्रीदेव्युवाच । भगवन्विस्तराद्ब्रूहि रामेश्वरसमुद्भवम् । कथं तत्रागमद्रामः ससीतश्च सलक्ष्मणः

Transliteration

śrīdevyuvāca | bhagavanvistarādbrūhi rāmeśvarasamudbhavam | kathaṃ tatrāgamadrāmaḥ sasītaśca salakṣmaṇaḥ

Translation

శ్రీదేవి పలికెను— ఓ భగవన్, రామేశ్వరుని ఉద్భవాన్ని విస్తారంగా చెప్పుము. సీతతోను లక్ష్మణునితోను రాముడు అక్కడికి ఎలా వచ్చెను?

Word by Word

• श्रीदेवी: the revered Goddess
• श्रीदेवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• विस्तरात्: in detail
• विस्तरात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), अर्थे: 'विस्तरेण/at length'

• ब्रूहि: tell
• ब्रूहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• रामेश्वर-समुद्भवम्: the origin of Rāmeśvara
• रामेश्वर-समुद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रामेश्वरस्य समुद्भवः)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

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

• आगमत्: came
• आगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: आ-
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स-सीतः: with Sītā
• स-सीतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सीतया सह)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स-लक्ष्मणः: with Lakṣmaṇa
• स-लक्ष्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपपद) + लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (लक्ष्मणेन सह)

Speaker

Śrī Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhagavān (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, seated beside Śiva in a serene assembly, raises a respectful question; behind them, a faint vision of Rāma with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa appears like a narrative foreshadowing; sages listen attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Devī
• Īśvara
• Rāmeśvara
• Rāma
• Sītā
• Lakṣmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are illuminated through inquiry and transmission—Devī’s questions invite a detailed tīrtha-māhātmya for the welfare of listeners.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, connected here to the manifestation/origin story of Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse initiates the narrative inquiry into the site’s origin and its merits.