Shloka 5 - Adhyaya 58 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

भैरवीति च तद्देव्याः पूर्वं नाम प्रकीर्त्तितम् । अस्मिन्पुनश्चांतरे तु अष्टाविंशे चतुर्युगे । त्रेतायुगमुखे राजा अजापालो बभूव ह

Transliteration

bhairavīti ca taddevyāḥ pūrvaṃ nāma prakīrttitam | asminpunaścāṃtare tu aṣṭāviṃśe caturyuge | tretāyugamukhe rājā ajāpālo babhūva ha

Translation

กาลก่อน เทวีองค์นั้นทรงเป็นที่สรรเสริญด้วยนามว่า “ไภรวี” ครั้นบัดนี้ ในมันวันตระนี้—ในวัฏจักรที่ยี่สิบแปดแห่งสี่ยุค—เมื่อเริ่มต้นเตรตายุค ได้บังเกิดพระราชานามว่า อชาปาล

Word by Word

भैरवीBhairavī

इतिthus

चand

तत्of that

देव्याःof the goddess

पूर्वम्formerly

नामname

प्रकीर्तितम्was proclaimed

अस्मिन्in this

पुनःagain

चand

अन्तरेin the interval

तुbut/indeed

अष्टाविंशेin the twenty-eighth

चतुर्युगेin the cycle of four yugas

त्रेतायुगमुखेat the start of the Tretā-yuga

राजाking

अजापालःAjāpāla (goat-herd/keeper of goats)

बभूवbecame/was

हindeed

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Purāṇic narrator situates the story in cosmic time: the Devī once known as Bhairavī; at the opening of Tretā-yuga, King Ajāpāla arises, with Prabhāsa’s seashore temples and tīrtha markers in the background.

Characters & Entities

Bhairavī

Ajāpāla

Tretā Yuga

Caturyuga

Manvantara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa anchors sacred places and deities in cosmic time, showing continuity of the Goddess’s presence across yugas and names.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śakti-site within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the Goddess is known (formerly) as Bhairavī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces the Goddess’s earlier name and sets the historical-yuga narrative context.