Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

आपो ध्रुवश्च सोमश्च धरश्चैवाऽनलोऽनिलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवोऽष्टौ प्रकीर्तिताः

Transliteration

āpo dhruvaśca somaśca dharaścaivā'nalo'nilaḥ | pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ

Translation

อาปะ ธรุวะ โสมะ ธระ อนละ อนิละ ประตยูษะ และประภาสะ—เหล่านี้แลถูกประกาศว่าเป็นวสุทั้งแปด

Word by Word

• आपः: Āpaḥ (name)
• आपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (बहुवचनान्त), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; नाम (Vasu)

• ध्रुवः: Dhruva
• ध्रुवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• धरः: Dhara
• धरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अनलः: Anala
• अनलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• अनिलः: Anila
• अनिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• प्रत्यूषः: Pratyūṣa
• प्रत्यूषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• प्रभासः: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

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

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्याशब्द

• प्रकीर्तिताः: are proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-कीर्त् (धातु) → प्रकीर्तित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘उक्ताः/प्रसिद्धाः’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (by name resonance with Vasu Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic mandala of eight Vasus: water (Āpa), pole-star steadiness (Dhruva), moon (Soma), earth-support (Dhara), fire (Anala), wind (Anila), dawn (Pratyūṣa), radiance/light (Prabhāsa), arranged around a central sacred coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Pratyūṣa
• Prabhāsa
• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred place is woven into divine ontology: Prabhāsa is not only a locale but also a divine principle/personage in Purāṇic thought.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose very name appears among the Vasus, reinforcing its sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a naming (nāma-kīrtana) of the eight Vasus.