Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

उत्तरे रविपुत्री तु दक्षिणे सागरं स्मृतम् । दक्षिणोत्तरमानोऽयं क्षेत्रस्यास्य प्रकीर्त्तितः

Transliteration

uttare raviputrī tu dakṣiṇe sāgaraṃ smṛtam | dakṣiṇottaramāno'yaṃ kṣetrasyāsya prakīrttitaḥ

Translation

ทิศเหนือคือรวิปุตรี และทิศใต้กล่าวกันว่าเป็นมหาสมุทร ดังนี้จึงประกาศขอบเขตเหนือ–ใต้ของกษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้

Word by Word

• uttare: in the north
• uttare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); दिक्शब्द-प्रयोग (in the north)

• raviputrī: Raviputrī (daughter of the Sun; a river)
• raviputrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi + putrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ravi-putrī = 'daughter of the Sun')

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• dakṣiṇe: in the south
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); दिक्शब्द-प्रयोग (in the south)

• sāgaram: the ocean
• sāgaram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• smṛtam: is said/considered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ ('is said/considered')

• dakṣiṇottaramānaḥ: the south-to-north extent
• dakṣiṇottaramānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa + uttara + māna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); दिक्-द्वन्द्व (dakṣiṇa-uttara = south-north) + māna ('measure/extent')

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• kṣetrasya: of the field/region
• kṣetrasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• asya: of this
• asya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• prakīrttitaḥ: is proclaimed/declared
• prakīrttitaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kīrt (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ ('is proclaimed')

Speaker

Śiva

Characters & Entities

• Raviputrī
• Sāgara (Ocean)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya treats sacred space as mappable and knowable, guiding pilgrims with boundary markers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with its geographic limits described from Raviputrī in the north to the ocean in the south.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides pilgrimage-relevant boundary information.