Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

तेनैवमुक्ता सा देवी वाडवेनाग्निना तदा । सस्मार कारणात्मानं विष्णुं कमललोचनम्

Transliteration

tenaivamuktā sā devī vāḍavenāgninā tadā | sasmāra kāraṇātmānaṃ viṣṇuṃ kamalalocanam

Translation

Nang masabihan nang gayon ng apoy na Vāḍava, ang Diyosa ay agad na nagunita si Viṣṇu—ang Kaluluwang sanhi ng lahat, may matang gaya ng lotus—at inanyayahan Siya sa isip.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr̥/Instrument (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by him/with that’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्ता: having been spoken to
• उक्ता: Karta-predicative (कर्तृसम्बन्धि विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘addressed/said to’

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘she’

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Apposition to Karta (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘goddess’

• वाडवेन: by the Vāḍava (submarine)
• वाडवेन: Viśeṣaṇa of instrument (करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाडव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by the submarine (fire)’ (qualifying अग्निना)

• अग्निना: by fire
• अग्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘by fire’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘then’)

• सस्मार: remembered
• सस्मार: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √स्मृ ‘remembered’

• कारणात्मानम्: the causal Self / the cause-soul
• कारणात्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थे): कारणस्य आत्मा/कारणरूप आत्मा; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म) (appositional with कारणात्मानम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कमललोचनम्: lotus-eyed
• कमललोचनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमल + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: कमलस्य लोचनम् (lotus-like eyes); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विष्णु-विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (king/sages in typical māhātmya setting)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sarasvatī, stirred by the terrifying Vāḍava-fire, closes her eyes and inwardly remembers lotus-eyed Viṣṇu as the causal soul; the sea’s depths glow with restrained fire while a calm inner radiance appears in her heart-lotus.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Śāradā)
• Vaḍavānala
• Viṣṇu
• Kāraṇātman (Causal Self)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic Dharma presents divine powers as coordinated—when a boon arises, the Goddess aligns it with the supreme causal principle (Viṣṇu) for the welfare of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose Māhātmya includes multi-deity theology (Devī, Fire, and Viṣṇu) grounding the place’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the act described is smaraṇa (devotional remembrance), a core Purāṇic practice.