Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

भकारं कटिनाभिस्थं गोकारं पार्श्वयोर्द्वयोः । देकारं जानुनोर्न्यस्य वकारं पादपद्मयोः

Transliteration

bhakāraṃ kaṭinābhisthaṃ gokāraṃ pārśvayordvayoḥ | dekāraṃ jānunornyasya vakāraṃ pādapadmayoḥ

Translation

کمر اور ناف کے مقام پر ‘بھ’ حرف رکھے؛ دونوں پہلوؤں پر ‘گو’؛ گھٹنوں پر ‘دے’ کا نِیاس کر کے، کمل جیسے قدموں پر ‘و’ کو قائم کرے۔

Word by Word

• भकारम्: the letter ‘bha’
• भकारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भ’-वर्णः

• कटिनाभिस्थम्: situated at the waist/navel (region)
• कटिनाभिस्थम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण) of implied placement-location
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: कट्यां नाभौ च स्थितम् (located at the waist/navel region)

• गोकारम्: the letter ‘go’
• गोकारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gokāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गो’-वर्णः

• पार्श्वयोः: on the two sides
• पार्श्वयोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन (gen.dual; locative sense intended)

• द्वयोः: of the two
• द्वयोः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: षष्ठी, द्विवचन; संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्

• देकारम्: the letter ‘de’
• देकारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dekāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘दे’-वर्णः

• जानुनोः: at the two knees
• जानुनोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन; ‘of the two knees’ (locative sense intended: at the knees)

• न्यस्य: having placed
• न्यस्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund) ‘having placed’; (here used as prior action)

• वकारम्: the letter ‘va’
• वकारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘व’-वर्णः

• पादपद्मयोः: on the two lotus-feet
• पादपद्मयोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, द्विवचन; समास: पादयोः पद्मे (lotus-feet); gen.dual with locative sense ‘at/on the two lotus-feet’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The practitioner touches waist/navel, then flanks, then knees, then both feet; each point blooms with a small lotus and a glowing syllable, suggesting the body as a moving altar.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic worship emphasizes embodied sanctity: the devotee’s limbs are consecrated as part of the act of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where proper ritual performance is presented as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nyāsa of syllables: ‘bha’ at waist/navel, ‘go’ on flanks, ‘de’ on knees, ‘va’ on the feet.