Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा महादेवि सर्वदेवमयो हरिः । प्रभासक्षेत्रमासाद्य तत्याज स्वं कलेवरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā mahādevi sarvadevamayo hariḥ | prabhāsakṣetramāsādya tatyāja svaṃ kalevaram

Translation

اے مہادیوی، یوں جان کر، ہری جو سب دیوتاؤں کا مظہر ہے، پربھاس کھیتر میں آیا اور وہیں اپنا جسمانی قالب ترک کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having known)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘महā + देवी’ कर्मधारय

• सर्वदेवमयः: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-देव-मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘सर्वदेव’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + ‘मय’ (made of/consisting of)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रम्’ षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having reached/approached’

• तत्याज: abandoned, gave up
• तत्याज: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; स्वकीयवाचक विशेषण

• कलेवरम्: body
• कलेवरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलेवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (as Hari’s deha-tyāga locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari at the Prabhāsa shore/forest-edge, serene yet solemn, surrounded by a quiet sacred landscape; the moment of relinquishing the body is depicted as luminous withdrawal rather than violence, with devas witnessing invisibly.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A supremely sanctified kṣetra is portrayed as a place where even divine beings enact dissolution, teaching detachment and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the place of a momentous divine departure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse functions as a māhātmya statement establishing Prabhāsa’s salvific potency.