Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

अमृतादुत्थिता पूर्वं यस्य सा तस्य तद्ध्रुवम् । त्रैलोक्यं वशगं तस्य यस्य सा चारुलोचना

Transliteration

amṛtādutthitā pūrvaṃ yasya sā tasya taddhruvam | trailokyaṃ vaśagaṃ tasya yasya sā cārulocanā

Translation

นางผู้มีเนตรงามนั้นผุดขึ้นจากอมฤตแล้วเอนเอียงไปหาใครก่อน แน่นอนว่าย่อมเป็นของผู้นั้น และผู้ใดได้ครอบครองเทวีเนตรงามนั้น ไตรโลกย่อมอยู่ใต้อำนาจของผู้นั้น

Word by Word

• अमृतात्: from nectar
• अमृतात्: Apadana (Ablative/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• उत्थिता: arisen
• उत्थिता: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त) ‘उत्थित’ = ‘arisen’ (उद्-√स्था)

• पूर्वम्: formerly/first
• पूर्वम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• तत्: that (fact)
• तत्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; वाक्ये ‘एतत्’ इत्यर्थे

• ध्रुवम्: certain/indeed
• ध्रुवम्: Visheshana (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicative adjective)

• त्रै-लोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रै-लोक्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• वशगम्: submissive/under control
• वशगम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वशग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• चारु-लोचना: having beautiful eyes
• चारु-लोचना: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (चारुणि लोचने यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the milk-ocean’s foam, the lovely-eyed goddess rises; all beings gaze in stunned reverence as her first movement indicates her destined lord, implying cosmic dominion through her presence.

Characters & Entities

• Mohinī/Devī (implied)
• Amṛta
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Influence follows where divine grace aligns; mastery is portrayed as arising from auspicious association, not mere force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The overarching glorification is of Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa; this verse continues the mythic exemplum.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.