Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

इति श्रुत्वा वचो रामः परमानंदपूरितः । प्रभासक्षेत्रगमने मतिं चक्रे महामनाः

Transliteration

iti śrutvā vaco rāmaḥ paramānaṃdapūritaḥ | prabhāsakṣetragamane matiṃ cakre mahāmanāḥ

Translation

Nang marinig ang mga salitang iyon, si Rāma—puspos ng sukdulang kagalakan—ang dakilang-kalooban ay nagpasya nang maglakbay patungo sa Prabhāsakṣetra.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यर्थक-निपात/quotative particle)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• वचः: the words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परमानन्दपूरितः: filled with supreme bliss
• परमानन्दपूरितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + आनन्द + पूरित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रामः)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रगमने: in (the matter of) going to Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• प्रभासक्षेत्रगमने: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभासक्षेत्र + गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (गमन), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विषय/अधिकरण (in/with regard to going)

• मतिम्: intention/resolve
• मतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made/formed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महामनाः: great-minded
• महामनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मह + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (रामः)

Speaker

Narrator (Unspecified Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, radiant with inner joy, resolves to depart for Prabhāsa; attendants prepare for travel; the distant coastline/temple silhouette suggests the sacred destination.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrtha-yātrā begins with inner resolve rooted in faith; joy arises when one turns toward a sanctifying sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a destination worthy of deliberate pilgrimage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it records the sankalpa (resolve) to undertake the pilgrimage.