Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

स प्रभासं समागत्य प्रतिष्ठाप्य महे श्वरम् । तपस्तेपे सुविपुलं सागरस्य तटे शुभे

Transliteration

sa prabhāsaṃ samāgatya pratiṣṭhāpya mahe śvaram | tapastepe suvipulaṃ sāgarasya taṭe śubhe

Translation

พระองค์เสด็จมาถึงปรภาส แล้วสถาปนาพระมหิศวรไว้ ณ ที่นั้น จากนั้นทรงบำเพ็ญตบะอันไพศาล ณ ฝั่งมหาสมุทรอันเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; causative sense

• महेश्वरम्: Mahēśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—महान् ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (कर्मरूपेण)

• तेपे: performed (austerity)
• तेपे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सुविपुलम्: very great, abundant
• सुविपुलम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुविपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘तपः’); समासः—सु + विपुल (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• सागरस्य: of the ocean
• सागरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तटे: on the bank/shore
• तटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘तटे’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (sāgara-taṭa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śvetaketu arrives at Prabhāsa; he installs a Śiva-liṅga (Maheśvara) and undertakes intense austerities on the bright, auspicious ocean shore—waves behind, a simple altar before, the sky vast.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Ocean shore (sāgara-taṭa)
• Śvetaketu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually luminous through pratiṣṭhā (establishing the deity) and sustained tapas, linking geography with disciplined devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, especially its auspicious sea-shore setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratiṣṭhā of Maheśvara and the undertaking of tapas are indicated as meritorious religious acts.