Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तवैव नाम्ना तत्स्थानं ख्यातं भविष्यति । कुबेरनगरेत्येवं मम प्रीतिप्रदायकम्

Transliteration

tasmāttavaiva nāmnā tatsthānaṃ khyātaṃ bhaviṣyati | kuberanagaretyevaṃ mama prītipradāyakam

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น สถานที่นั้นจักเลื่องลือด้วยนามของเจ้าเอง—คือ ‘กุเบรนคร’—และจักเป็นเหตุแห่งความปีติยินดีแก่เรา

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Visheshana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• नाम्ना: by (your) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ख्यातम्: renowned/called
• ख्यातम्: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कुबेरनगर: Kuberanagara
• कुबेरनगर: Samjna (Name/Designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर + नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: कुबेरस्य नगरम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (इति-शब्दरूपेण नाम)

• इति: thus (named)
• इति: Samjna-marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक/निश्चयार्थक (thus/in this manner)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रीतिप्रदायकम्: bestowing (my) pleasure
• प्रीतिप्रदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रीतिं प्रददाति इति), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from ‘mama prīti’ and bestowal of place-name)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kuberanagara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s voice (or subtle form) declares the naming of the place; a sign-like inscription ‘Kuberanagara’ appears near the riverbank shrine; Kubera stands in reverent joy, while the landscape gains a sanctified glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Kubera
• Kuberanagara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places become living memorials of devotion; the devotee’s name is enshrined in geography through divine approval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kuberanagara, a sanctified locality within the Prabhāsakṣetra landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse explains the naming of the site as a fruit of prior worship.