Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा तु भगवांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । मंकिस्तु देहमुत्सज्य शिवलोकं ततो गतः

Transliteration

evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata | maṃkistu dehamutsajya śivalokaṃ tato gataḥ

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าก็อันตรธาน ณ ที่นั้นเอง มังกีจึงสละกาย แล้วบรรลุถึงศิวโลกในกาลต่อมา

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having said)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधानार्थक

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis: ‘indeed/just’)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्गः—अन्तर्; आत्मनेपद
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• मंकिः: Maṃki (proper name)
• मंकिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: and/then
• तु: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधानार्थक

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्सज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सज्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) उपसर्गः—उत्
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having abandoned)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य लोकः)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Apadana/Sequence (अपादान/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्-अर्थे (from there/thereupon)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘gone’

Speaker

Narrator (within Śiva–Devī dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord, after speaking, dissolves into light at the sacred spot; Maṃki, serene and fulfilled, relinquishes the body and ascends toward Śiva’s luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Maṃki
• Śivaloka
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine encounter and grace culminate in liberation—devotion and the Lord’s direct favor lead to Śivaloka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the Maṃkīśvara Māhātmya portion of the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse highlights the fruit (phala) of divine revelation and sanctity—attainment of Śiva’s realm.