Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

भद्र उवाच । पृथिवी वसुसंपूर्णा सागरेण तु वेष्टिता । मंडिता नगरैर्ग्रामैः सुरैः परपुरंजय

Transliteration

bhadra uvāca | pṛthivī vasusaṃpūrṇā sāgareṇa tu veṣṭitā | maṃḍitā nagarairgrāmaiḥ suraiḥ parapuraṃjaya

Translation

ภัทรกล่าวว่า: แผ่นดินนี้บริบูรณ์ด้วยทรัพย์สมบัติ และแท้จริงถูกมหาสมุทรโอบล้อมไว้. งดงามด้วยนครและหมู่บ้าน ทั้งยังประดับด้วยเหล่าเทวะ โอ้ผู้พิชิตป้อมปราการแห่งศัตรู!

Word by Word

• bhadraḥ: Bhadra
• bhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pṛthivī: the earth
• pṛthivī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vasusaṃpūrṇā: filled with wealth
• vasusaṃpūrṇā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vasu + saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वसुभिः/वसूनां संपूर्‍णा = filled with riches)

• sāgareṇa: by/with the ocean
• sāgareṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• veṣṭitā: surrounded
• veṣṭitā: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: veṣṭ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि भाव: 'surrounded/encircled'

• maṇḍitā: adorned
• maṇḍitā: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: maṇḍ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'adorned'

• nagaraiḥ: with cities
• nagaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• grāmaiḥ: with villages
• grāmaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• suraiḥ: with gods
• suraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• parapuraṃjaya: O conqueror of enemy cities
• parapuraṃjaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: para + puraṃjaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्य पुरं जयति इति)

Speaker

Bhadra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Parapuraṃjaya’ (epithet of the interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhadra begins a grand description: the earth encircled by the ocean, studded with cities and villages, and subtly suffused with divine beings—like a sacred map coming alive.

Characters & Entities

• Earth (Pṛthivī)
• Ocean (Sāgara)
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha narratives begin within a sacred cosmic order: the world is divinely structured and spiritually inhabited.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets a universal frame before narrowing to the specific Prabhāsa/Vastrāpatha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is introductory cosmographical description.