Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

यस्मादर्कस्य तेजोभिर्भासितं मम तद्गृहम् । तस्मात्प्रभासनामेति कल्पेऽस्मिन्प्रथितं प्रिये

Transliteration

yasmādarkasya tejobhirbhāsitaṃ mama tadgṛham | tasmātprabhāsanāmeti kalpe'sminprathitaṃ priye

Translation

Sapagkat ang Aking tahanan ay naliliwanagan ng maningning na tejas ni Arka (Araw), kaya, O minamahal, ito’y tinawag na “Prabhāsa”, bantog sa kalpa na ito.

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: from which/because of which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अर्कस्य: of the Sun
• अर्कस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तेजोभिः: by (his) rays/splendours
• तेजोभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• भासितम्: illuminated
• भासितम्: Karma (Object as PPP/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भास् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘illuminated’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• गृहम्: house/abode
• गृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं कारणार्थे अव्ययीभूतम् (therefore/from that cause)

• प्रभासनाम: the name ‘Prabhāsa’
• प्रभासनाम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक) + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य नाम)

• एति: goes/comes to be (called)
• एति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कल्पे: in the aeon
• कल्पे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रथितम्: renowned
• प्रथितम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + थि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘renowned’

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Priyā (addressed as ‘priye’—beloved; likely a goddess/consort figure in the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sanctum/abode suffused with solar beams; the kṣetra glows as if the Sun’s tejas is poured upon it, while a divine speaker addresses ‘priye’ (beloved).

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Arka (Sūrya)
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The holiness and very name of a tīrtha can arise from divine radiance and the intimate relationship between deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose name is linked to the shining (prabhā) caused by the Sun’s splendour.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse provides tīrtha-nāma-nirukti (name-origin) as part of the māhātmya.