Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादाय शुद्धामृतमयात्मने । षड्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहाय नमश्चिन्मात्रमूर्तये

Transliteration

prasaradbindunādāya śuddhāmṛtamayātmane | ṣaḍtriṃśattattvadehāya namaścinmātramūrtaye

Translation

اس ذات کو نمسکار ہے جس کی بِنْدو اور ناد کی دھونی پھیلتی ہی جاتی ہے؛ جس کا سوروپ خالص امرت سے بھرا ہے؛ جس کا بدن چھتیس تتوؤں سے مرکب ہے؛ اور جو محض چِتّ (شعور) کی مورتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादाय: to the sound of the expanding bindu
• प्रसरद्बिन्दुनादाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसरत् (√सृ-शतृ, कृदन्त) + बिन्दु + नाद (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'to the sound (nāda) of the spreading bindu')

• शुद्धामृतमयात्मने: to him whose essence is pure nectar
• शुद्धामृतमयात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्ध + अमृत + मय + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ('whose self is made of pure nectar')

• षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहाय: to the one whose body is (constituted of) the thirty-six principles
• षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वदेहाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्त्रिंशत् + तत्त्व + देह (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); द्विगु-समास (numerical: 'having a body of thirty-six tattvas')

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation act/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्-शब्दः निपातवत् (indeclinable interjection used for salutation)

• चिन्मात्रमूर्तये: to the form that is consciousness alone
• चिन्मात्रमूर्तये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित् + मात्र + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), एकवचन (singular), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ('whose form is pure consciousness alone')

Speaker

Vyāsa (invocatory praise within the chapter opening)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience / later Naimiṣeya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An abstract-theophanic visualization: from a luminous bindu arises expanding nāda-waves; within them a radiant Śiva-form composed of tattva-layers, suffused with amṛta-like glow, culminating in a serene cinmātra presence behind the liṅga.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)
• Bindu
• Nāda
• Ṣaḍtriṃśat-tattva (36 principles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is praised as pure consciousness, yet also as the ground of cosmic principles—uniting devotion with metaphysical insight.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions as a mangala/invocation for the Prabhāsa Kṣetra narrative, implicitly sanctifying Prabhāsa through the Lord it celebrates.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a salutatory stotra (namaḥ) suitable for recitation before hearing or teaching the Māhātmya.