Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 178

Devanagari script

पुण्यक्षेत्रं करिष्यामि भवांस्तत्रागमिष्य ति । परं च कौतुकं युद्धे भविष्यति तव प्रियम्

Transliteration

puṇyakṣetraṃ kariṣyāmi bhavāṃstatrāgamiṣya ti | paraṃ ca kautukaṃ yuddhe bhaviṣyati tava priyam

Translation

เราจักสถาปนาที่นั้นให้เป็นปุณยเกษตร แดนศักดิ์สิทธิ์แห่งบุญ; แล้วท่านจักมาถึงที่นั้น ในสงครามนั้นจักมีอัศจรรย์ยิ่งใหญ่ อันเป็นที่รักของท่านบังเกิดขึ้นด้วย

Word by Word

• पुण्य-क्षेत्रम्: a holy field (sacred place)
• पुण्य-क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (holy + field)

• करिष्यामि: I will make
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, आदरार्थ

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आगमिष्यति: will come
• आगमिष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• परम्: great, supreme
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कौतुकम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कौतुकम्: curiosity, delight
• कौतुकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रियम्: dear, pleasing
• प्रियम्: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कौतुकम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/विधेय

Speaker

Vāmana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samantapañcaka (puṇya-kṣetra designation)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary moment: Paraśurāma indicating the land that will become puṇya-kṣetra; in the distance, a future war-scene appears like a mirage—standards, chariots, and divine portents—suggesting ‘supreme wonder’.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Nārada (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places arise where dharma is remembered and ritually anchored; the Purāṇa frames history as a generator of puṇya-kṣetras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the tīrtha-setting connected with Samantapañcaka and the broader Vastrāpathakṣetra narrative within Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it emphasizes the consecration of a place into a puṇya-kṣetra.