Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

क्षिप्तंक्षिप्तं पुनस्तत्र जायते च महीतले । एवं शतसहस्राणि प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च

Transliteration

kṣiptaṃkṣiptaṃ punastatra jāyate ca mahītale | evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca

Translation

وہ جتنا بھی پھینکا جاتا، اتنا ہی بار بار وہیں زمین پر پھر پیدا ہو جاتا۔ یوں یہ واقعہ لاکھوں، دَس دَس ہزاروں بلکہ کروڑوں مرتبہ تک ہوتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• क्षिप्तम्: thrown, cast
• क्षिप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣipta (कृदन्त; √kṣip क्षिप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — neuter nominative/accusative singular; past passive participle

• क्षिप्तम्: (again) thrown
• क्षिप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣipta (कृदन्त; √kṣip क्षिप्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — neuter nominative/accusative singular; past passive participle (repetition for emphasis)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण — indeclinable adverb

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक — indeclinable locative adverb

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle; intransitive ‘is born/arises’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक — conjunction

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī-tala (प्रातिपदिक; मही + तल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘earth-surface’

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक — indeclinable adverb of manner

• शतसहस्राणि: hundred-thousands (i.e., hundreds of thousands)
• शतसहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata-sahasra (प्रातिपदिक; शत + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — neuter nominative/accusative plural; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound) ‘hundred-thousands’

• प्रयुतानि: ten-thousands (myriads)
• प्रयुतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — neuter nominative/accusative plural; संख्या-शब्द (ten-thousand)

• अर्बुदानि: arbuda-units (a vast number)
• अर्बुदानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), बहुवचन — neuter nominative/accusative plural; संख्या-शब्द (a very large number)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक — conjunction

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā / Surēśvarī (Devī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A surreal tableau: as attendants repeatedly hurl the skull away, identical skulls keep appearing on the earth—piling or re-manifesting—while the sages look on, overwhelmed by the scale of repetition.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied)
• kapāla (skull-bowl)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha made potent by the Lord, the ordinary laws of cause and effect yield to divine will.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, portrayed as a place where divine signs recur inexhaustibly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse intensifies the mahātmya by narrating repeated miraculous recurrence.