Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तेन चागत्य क्षेत्रेस्मिन्पंचवर्षशतानि च । भैरवी पूजिता देवी व्याधिग्रस्तेन भामिनि

Transliteration

tena cāgatya kṣetresminpaṃcavarṣaśatāni ca | bhairavī pūjitā devī vyādhigrastena bhāmini

Translation

ครั้นเขาผู้ถูกโรคาพาธครอบงำได้มาถึงเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ (ประภาส) โอ้แม่ผู้ผ่องงาม เขาได้บูชาเทวีไภรวี ณ ที่นี้ตลอดห้าร้อยปี ทั้งที่ถูกความเจ็บป่วยทรมาน

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/सहकारि

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अस्मिन्: this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; (क्षेत्रे) विशेषणम्

• पञ्चवर्षशतानि: five hundred years
• पञ्चवर्षशतानि: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + वर्ष + शत (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कालपरिमाणवाचक; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्च वर्षशतानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• भैरवी: Bhairavī
• भैरवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: PPP/क्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (देवी) विशेषणम्

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्याधिग्रस्तेन: by the disease-afflicted (one)
• व्याधिग्रस्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि + ग्रस्त (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्याधिना ग्रस्तः); (तेन) विशेषणम्

• भामिनि: O fair lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairavī-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O fair lady (bhāmini) addressed within the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A diseased king, worn yet resolute, remains in Prabhāsa for centuries, offering lamps, flowers, and water to Devī Bhairavī; the coastal shrine and pilgrims form a timeless backdrop, emphasizing endurance.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Bhairavī
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion performed in a sacred kṣetra is portrayed as powerful enough to draw divine grace even for one burdened by suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-pūjā—worship of Goddess Bhairavī at the kṣetra (no specific items are detailed in this verse).