Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्कल्पे महादेवि प्रभासक्षेत्रमास्थितः । बभूव भैरवो रुद्रः कल्पान्ते लिंगमूर्तिमान्

Transliteration

asminkalpe mahādevi prabhāsakṣetramāsthitaḥ | babhūva bhairavo rudraḥ kalpānte liṃgamūrtimān

Translation

โอ้มหาเทวี ในกัลป์นี้เอง เมื่อประทับ ณ ประภาสเกษตร พระรุทระทรงเป็นไภรวะ; และเมื่อสิ้นกัลป์ พระองค์ทรงตั้งมั่นเป็นองค์ลึงค์อันมีรูปเป็นกายา

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (locative sg: ‘in this’)

• kalpe: kalpa
• kalpe: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन (locative sg)

• mahādevi: O great goddess
• mahādevi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādevī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• prabhāsa-kṣetram: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsa-kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (accusative sg)

• āsthitaḥ: situated/abiding
• āsthitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√sthā (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having stayed/being situated’

• babhūva: became/was
• babhūva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (became/was)

• bhairavaḥ: Bhairava
• bhairavaḥ: Pratipādya (Predicate nominative/प्रत्ययार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Pratipādya (Appositive predicate/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समनाधिकरण (apposition with bhairavaḥ)

• kalpānte: at the end of the kalpa
• kalpānte: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• liṃga-mūrtimān: having the form of a liṅga
• liṃga-mūrtimān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: liṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti-mat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘-मत्’ प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective: having the form of…)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhairava/Rudra presence)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, as Bhairava, is envisioned as residing in Prabhāsa; behind him rises the luminous liṅga as the enduring form at kalpānta, with Devī receiving the revelation.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra
• Mahādevī
• Rudra
• Bhairava
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred site is portrayed as a locus where cosmic Śiva (Rudra/Bhairava) is present, linking local pilgrimage to universal divine functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, explicitly named as the divine seat.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it asserts the liṅga’s cosmic status and Bhairava-Rudra’s presence at Prabhāsa.