Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं संचिंतितो देव्या यदासावंभसांपतिः । तथा जलात्समुत्तीर्य समायातो महाद्युतिः

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃciṃtito devyā yadāsāvaṃbhasāṃpatiḥ | tathā jalātsamuttīrya samāyāto mahādyutiḥ

Translation

Nang pagnilayan ng Diyosa ang gayon, ang Panginoon ng mga tubig ay umahon mula sa dagat at lumapit, nagliliwanag sa dakilang kaningningan.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• संचिन्तितः: was thought of/was contemplated
• संचिन्तितः: Kriya (State/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• असौ: that (one), he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अम्भसाम्: of the waters
• अम्भसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पतिः: lord
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: so/accordingly
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)

• जलात्: from the water
• जलात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• समुत्तीर्य: having risen up/come out
• समुत्तीर्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोग

• समायातः: came/arrived
• समायातः: Kriya (State/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendor
• महाद्युतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मह (प्रातिपदिक) + द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ‘महान् द्युतिः यस्य’ (as descriptive epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa sea-shore

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Sarasvatī’s contemplation, the Ocean-lord rises from the waters, stepping onto the shore with a great aura, as if a deity emerging from a liquid temple.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Sarasvatī)
• Ambhasāṃpati (Samudra/Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine intention (devī-saṅkalpa) draws cosmic forces into cooperation; sacred places become stages where dharma is enacted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region), presented as a locus where gods and cosmic beings directly appear and act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets the narrative for a dharmic task involving divine agency.