Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

जांबूनदमयं देवि तत्पूर्वमभवत्क्षितौ । तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन शैलीभूतं च सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

jāṃbūnadamayaṃ devi tatpūrvamabhavatkṣitau | tiṣyamāhātmyayogena śailībhūtaṃ ca sāṃpratam

Translation

اے دیوی! پہلے یہ زمین پر خالص جامبونَد سونے کا بنا ہوا تھا؛ مگر تِشْیَ کی عظمت کی قوت کے سبب اب یہ پہاڑ کی صورت اختیار کر چکا ہے۔

Word by Word

• जाम्बूनदमयम्: made of Jāmbūnada gold
• जाम्बूनदमयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जाम्बूनद (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/स्थलम्-अर्थे); तत्पुरुषः (जाम्बूनदेन मयम् = made of Jāmbūnada-gold)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तत्: that (thing/place)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (पूर्वोक्त-वस्तु)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

• अभवत्: was; became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन: by the power/connection of Tiṣya’s greatness
• तिष्यमाहात्म्ययोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (तिष्यस्य माहात्म्यस्य योगः)

• शैलीभूतम्: turned into rock; petrified
• शैलीभूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैलि (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past participle of भू with preform शैलि-); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• साम्प्रतम्: now; at present
• साम्प्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रत (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: now/at present)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya dialogic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala-śaila (Tiṣya-māhātmya transformed hill)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi')

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A once-golden expanse on earth gradually cools and solidifies into a sacred mountain; the gold sheen remains as veins of light within rock, while a celestial inscription of ‘Tiṣya-māhātmya’ hovers subtly above.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Tiṣya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s māhātmya can sanctify and even transform the very substance of the landscape, showing dharma embedded in sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is being described, with reference to the potency connected to Tiṣya’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it establishes the sanctity and extraordinary nature of the place.