Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्तो रुद्रशक्तित्रयक्रमः

Transliteration

iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto rudraśaktitrayakramaḥ

Translation

Sa gayon, sa maikling sabi, naipahayag na ang wastong pagkakasunod ng pamamaraan hinggil sa tatlong Śakti ni Rudra.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-बोधक-अव्ययम् (quotative/thus)

• saṃkṣepataḥ: briefly
• saṃkṣepataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃkṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (briefly)

• proktaḥ: has been stated
• proktaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• rudra-śakti-traya-kramaḥ: the sequence of Rudra’s three powers
• rudra-śakti-traya-kramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक) + krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (rudrasya śaktitrayasya kramaḥ)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate chapter-context; explicit speaker appears at Adhyāya 60 opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudra-Śakti-traya-krama (Prabhāsa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding tableau: three Śakti aspects symbolically arranged around Rudra/Śiva, with a scroll-like band indicating ‘krama’ and ‘saṅkṣepa’; the scene feels like a colophon at the end of a ritual chapter.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra (Śiva)
• Śakti-traya (three Śaktis)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage worship is presented as an ordered discipline (krama), especially in Śiva–Śakti contexts, not as a random act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Śakti-worship procedure is being taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A structured sequence for honoring the three Śaktis connected with Rudra.