Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इतस्ततस्ते धावन्तो मार्यमाणाश्च तद्गणैः । प्रभास क्षेत्रसंप्राप्ता नश्यमाना महार्णवम्

Transliteration

itastataste dhāvanto māryamāṇāśca tadgaṇaiḥ | prabhāsa kṣetrasaṃprāptā naśyamānā mahārṇavam

Translation

Tumatakbo kung saan-saan, at pinapatay ng kanyang mga tagapaglingkod, narating nila ang banal na lupain ng Prabhāsa at nasawi sa malawak na karagatan.

Word by Word

• इतस्: from here
• इतस्: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (from here)

• ततः: from there; then
• ततः: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (from there/then)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• धावन्तः: running
• धावन्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव् (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि

• मार्यमाणाः: being killed
• मार्यमाणाः: Kriya (Concurrent action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु; ‘to kill’ causative sense in passive) + य (कर्मणि)
• Form: वर्तमान-कर्मणि कृदन्त (passive present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• तद्गणैः: by her attendants/hosts
• तद्गणैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘तस्य (देव्याः) गणाः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; करणार्थे

• प्रभास: Prabhāsa
• प्रभास: Karma (Object within compound/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (समासे पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• क्षेत्रसंप्राप्ताः: having reached the sacred place
• क्षेत्रसंप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियार्थ-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षेत्र + सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘क्षेत्रं संप्राप्ताः’ इति उपपद-तत्पुरुषः; ‘ते’ इत्यस्य विधेयः

• नश्यमानाः: perishing; being destroyed
• नश्यमानाः: Kriya (Concurrent action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + शानच् (कर्मणि/आत्मने)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘ते’ इत्यस्य सहवर्ती-भावः

• महार्णवम्: to the great ocean
• महार्णवम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (destination)

Speaker

Śiva (implied, addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (samudra-sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daityas, struck down by Devī’s gaṇas, stumble onto the sands of Prabhāsa; waves surge and swallow them; attendants stand like a luminous wall between kṣetra and chaos; the sea becomes a vast mouth of dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Daityas
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Mahārṇava (great ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are theaters of dharma’s triumph; approaching the sacred realm becomes the turning point where adharma collapses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly named as the reached sacred field.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse contributes to the glorification of the kṣetra through narrative.