Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्ये तत्र पश्यामो यत्र त्वं देवि न स्थिता । एतज्ज्ञात्वा विशालाक्षि त्राहि नो महतो भयात्

Transliteration

trailokye tatra paśyāmo yatra tvaṃ devi na sthitā | etajjñātvā viśālākṣi trāhi no mahato bhayāt

Translation

ในไตรโลก เรามิได้เห็นสถานที่ใดเลยที่พระองค์ โอ้เทวี มิได้ประทับอยู่. เมื่อรู้ดังนี้แล้ว โอ้พระนางเนตรกว้าง โปรดช่วยคุ้มครองเราจากความหวาดกลัวอันใหญ่หลวงนี้เถิด.

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पश्यामः: we see
• पश्यामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• स्थितā: present/standing
• स्थितā: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि/भावे प्रयोगे ‘स्थित’ = ‘being present/standing’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having known’

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (विशालानि अक्षी यस्याः सा)

• त्राहि: protect (us)
• त्राहि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नः: us
• नः: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) बहुवचन (enclitic); ‘our/us’

• महतः: great
• महतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ‘भयात्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana (Ablative/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of frightened devotees, perhaps amid stormy sea or ominous signs, look upward with folded hands; Devī’s vast compassionate face appears in the sky/temple aura, granting abhaya (fearlessness).

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Devī
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Because Devī is omnipresent, refuge in her is universally accessible and fear can be overcome through devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra remains the narrative setting, presented as a potent place to invoke Devī’s saving grace.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplication (trāhi) is voiced; no specific vrata, dāna, or snāna is described in this verse.