Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इति देवो वरान्दत्त्वा तत्रैवांतरधीयत । एतत्कृतयुगे वृत्तं तव देवि प्रभाषितम्

Transliteration

iti devo varāndattvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata | etatkṛtayuge vṛttaṃ tava devi prabhāṣitam

Translation

ดังนี้ เทวะได้ประทานพรทั้งหลายแล้ว ก็อันตรธานหายไป ณ ที่นั้นเอง โอเทวี เหตุการณ์นี้เกิดขึ้นในกฤตยุค ดังที่ข้าพเจ้าได้กล่าวเล่าแก่ท่านแล้ว

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), ‘having given’

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared
• अन्तरधीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतयुगे: in the Kṛta Yuga
• कृतयुगे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-युग (प्रातिपदिक; घटकौ: कृत + युग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• वृत्तम्: happened/occurred
• वृत्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) ‘occurred’, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; एतत् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तव: to you/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रभाषितम्: spoken/declared
• प्रभाषितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-भाष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘spoken/declared’ (एतत् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (likely Skanda) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After granting boons, the deity dissolves into light at the sacred spot; the sage remains in stillness. The narrator’s voice frames it as an ancient Kṛta-yuga event told to the Goddess.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deva)
• Devī
• Kṛta Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic accounts frame sacred sites through timeless yuga-history, emphasizing the enduring authority of divine boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the boons were granted and the deity vanished from sight.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concludes a boon-giving episode and situates it in Kṛta Yuga.