Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

न चात्र संभवस्तस्य विनाशो नैव जायते । विमानैश्चरते नित्यं दिवाकरसमप्रभैः

Transliteration

na cātra saṃbhavastasya vināśo naiva jāyate | vimānaiścarate nityaṃ divākarasamaprabhaiḥ

Translation

اس کے لیے وہاں تباہی کا کوئی امکان نہیں؛ وہ ہرگز ہلاکت کو نہیں پہنچتا۔ وہ ہمیشہ ایسے دیوی وِمانوں میں سیر کرتا ہے جو سورج کی مانند روشن ہیں۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃbhavaḥ: origin; coming into being
• saṃbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vināśaḥ: destruction
• vināśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• eva: indeed; at all
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• jāyate: is born; arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• vimānaiḥ: by aerial chariots
• vimānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• carate: moves; roams
• carate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूतम् (adverbial accusative)

• divākara-sama-prabhaiḥ: with radiance equal to the sun
• divākara-sama-prabhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; (vimānaiḥ इति विशेष्येण सह)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhairaveśvara/Mahākuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant devotee ascends into the sky in a sun-bright vimāna; below, the sacred tank and shrine recede; the heavens open with golden light.

Characters & Entities

• vimāna
• divākara (sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic promise frames tīrtha-devotion as a protector from downfall and a giver of divine honor and splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhairaveśvara/Brahmakuṇḍa sacred circuit in Prabhāsakṣetra (as established in Adhyāya 149).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it states the phala (result) of the previously described snāna and pūjā.