Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

प्रभासं क्षेत्रमासाद्य तपः परममास्थितौ । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महा देवं भास्करं वारितस्करम्

Transliteration

prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapaḥ paramamāsthitau | pratiṣṭhāpya mahā devaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram

Translation

ครั้นถึงเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์ปรภาสะ ทั้งสองตั้งมั่นในตบะอันสูงสุด และได้สถาปนาเทวะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ ภาสกร (พระสุริยเทพ) ผู้ขจัดภัยจากน้ำและโจรผู้ร้าย เป็นที่พึ่งคุ้มครอง

Word by Word

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (object of reaching)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field/region
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रभासस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having reached)

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; आस्थितौ इत्यस्य कर्म

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying तपः)

• आस्थितौ: undertook/entered upon
• आस्थितौ: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘तपः’ कर्मसहित (undertook)

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठाप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having installed/established)

• महा: great
• महा: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-विशेषण (indeclinable-like adjective); ‘देवम्’ विशेषयति

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रतिष्ठाप्य इत्यस्य कर्म

• भास्करम्: Bhāskara (Sun)
• भास्करम्: Karma (Apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; देवम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• वारितस्करम्: who wards off thieves
• वारितस्करम्: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारित + तस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभावः): वारिताः तस्कराः येन/यस्मात्; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (भास्करम्)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa’s sacred ground near the sea, the grown siblings perform intense austerity; they consecrate a radiant Sūrya/Bhāskara image on a pedestal, with sages chanting; the Sun’s rays form a protective aura warding off watery perils and thieves; waves and a distant shrine silhouette frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Mahādeva (as epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is portrayed as a field where intense tapas and sacred installation (pratiṣṭhā) bear potent spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, with the worship/installation of Bhāskara (Sūrya) as a key devotional focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapaḥ (austerity) and pratiṣṭhā (installing/establishing a deity image/shrine) are explicitly mentioned.