Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

बाह्यतः पूर्वतो देवि इन्द्रादीनां समन्ततः । रक्तवर्णं महातेजं सितपद्मोपरि स्थितम्

Transliteration

bāhyataḥ pūrvato devi indrādīnāṃ samantataḥ | raktavarṇaṃ mahātejaṃ sitapadmopari sthitam

Translation

اے دیوی! بیرونی جانب، مشرق کی سمت—اِندر وغیرہ دیوتاؤں سے چاروں طرف گھِرا ہوا—سرخ رنگ کا، عظیم نور والا، سفید کنول پر متمکن (روپ) ہے۔

Word by Word

• बाह्यतः: from outside; externally
• बाह्यतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): 'बाह्यतः' = from outside/externally

• पूर्वतः: from the east; in front
• पूर्वतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण: 'पूर्वतः' = from the east/in front

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• इन्द्रादीनाम्: of Indra and others
• इन्द्रादीनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; समास: इन्द्र-आदि (इन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), क्रियाविशेषण: on all sides

• रक्तवर्णम्: red-colored
• रक्तवर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• महातेजम्: of great radiance
• महातेजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सितपद्मोपरि: upon the white lotus
• सितपद्मोपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सित + पद्म + उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय 'उपरि' (preposition/adverb) + उपपद-सम्बन्धः; 'सितपद्म' = श्वेतपद्म (कर्मधारय)

• स्थितम्: situated; placed
• स्थितम्: Karma (as predicate of described form/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mandala seen from above: on the outer eastern side sits a red-hued, intensely radiant deity on a white lotus, encircled by Indra and other devas forming a protective ring; the scene glows with dawn light and ritual lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Āditya (implied by continuation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditation (dhyāna) refines worship: visualizing the deity’s auspicious form stabilizes devotion and makes pilgrimage worship inwardly transformative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the solar presence is contemplated within a deity-mandala framed by Indra and other gods.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dhyāna-guideline: visualize a radiant red form seated on a white lotus, surrounded by Indra and other deities, in the eastern outer placement.