Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

सुराष्ट्रदेशो विख्यातो गिरी रैवतको महान् । भवः स्वयंभूर्भगवान्क्षेत्रे वस्त्रापथे श्रुतः

Transliteration

surāṣṭradeśo vikhyāto girī raivatako mahān | bhavaḥ svayaṃbhūrbhagavānkṣetre vastrāpathe śrutaḥ

Translation

แคว้นสุราษฏระเลื่องลือ และภูเขาใหญ่ไรเวตกะก็มีชื่อเสียง ในกษेत्रศักดิ์สิทธิ์วัสตราปถะนั้น ได้ยินกันว่าพระภควานภวะ(ศิวะ)ทรงเป็นสวยัมภู—บังเกิดปรากฏด้วยพระองค์เอง

Word by Word

• सुराष्ट्रदेशः: the country of Saurāṣṭra
• सुराष्ट्रदेशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराष्ट्र + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (Past participle used adjectivally)

• गिरिः: mountain
• गिरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• रैवतकः: Raivataka (name of a mountain)
• रैवतकः: Apposition/Predicative complement (सम्बोधन/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• स्वयंभूः: self-born
• स्वयंभूः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय) + भू (धातु/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपाधि-शब्द (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; epithet)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• वस्त्रापथे: at Vastrāpatha
• वस्त्रापथे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• श्रुतः: is known/heard of
• श्रुतः: Main predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘प्रसिद्ध’ अर्थे (Past participle; ‘heard of/known’)

Speaker

King Bhoja (Rājā) (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpathakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Panoramic sacred map: the Saurashtra land, the towering Raivataka mountain, and within it/near it the Vastrāpatha kṣetra where a Svayaṃbhū Śiva presence is indicated by an uncarved, naturally arisen liṅga radiating light.

Characters & Entities

• Surāṣṭra
• Raivataka
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Svayaṃbhū
• Vastrāpatha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy geography is sanctified by the presence of a Svayaṃbhū (self-manifest) form of Śiva, making the kṣetra intrinsically powerful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Surāṣṭra region, with reference to Raivataka mountain and the Svayaṃbhū Bhava (Śiva).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse establishes the site’s authority by naming its sacred geography and Svayaṃbhū presence.