Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तत्र तैः स्थापितं द्वारं सुप्रदेशेऽश्मजं प्रिये । पिहितेऽथ च रंध्रेऽस्मिन्धूमो नाशमुपेयिवान्

Transliteration

tatra taiḥ sthāpitaṃ dvāraṃ supradeśe'śmajaṃ priye | pihite'tha ca raṃdhre'smindhūmo nāśamupeyivān

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ในที่อันเหมาะสมยิ่ง เขาทั้งหลายได้ตั้งประตูที่ทำด้วยศิลาไว้ โอ้ที่รัก ครั้นเมื่อช่องนั้นถูกปิดผนึกแล้ว ควันก็สงบสิ้นไป

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• स्थापितम्: placed, set up
• स्थापितम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → स्थापय् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वारम्-समन्वय

• द्वारम्: a door/gate
• द्वारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• सुप्रदेशे: in a good spot
• सुप्रदेशे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सु + प्रदेश)

• अश्मजम्: made of stone
• अश्मजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मन् + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अश्मनः जातम् = stone-made); द्वारम्-विशेषण

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• पिहिते: when (it was) closed
• पिहिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पि-धा/पिधा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; (द्वारे/रंध्रे) सति

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

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

• रन्ध्रे: in the opening/hole
• रन्ध्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रन्ध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; रन्ध्रे-विशेषण

• धूमः: smoke
• धूमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• नाशम्: destruction, disappearance
• नाशम्: Gati-karma (Goal/object/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उपेयिवान्: went to, attained
• उपेयिवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ (धातु) + क्वसुँ (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (Perfect participle/क्वसुँ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (acting as finite: 'attained')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāprabhāsa (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī (addressed as priyā, deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, attendants/architects place a heavy stone gate or slab over a fissure; as the opening is sealed, dark smoke dwindles and the air clears, suggesting the taming of a subterranean menace.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārā (stone gate)
• Dhūma (smoke)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine power is ritually and spatially contained with proper measures, disorder subsides and the world returns to wellbeing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, at the precise spot where the emergence-opening was sealed and sanctified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A site-ritual action: establishing a “gate” and sealing an aperture to restrain harmful manifestations.