Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

आदिप्रभासात्पुरतो धनुषां त्रितये स्थितम् । रुद्रेण ध्यानमास्थाय स्वं तेजस्तत्र योजितम्

Transliteration

ādiprabhāsātpurato dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam | rudreṇa dhyānamāsthāya svaṃ tejastatra yojitam

Translation

آدی پرَبھاس کے سامنے تین کمانوں کے فاصلے پر وہ قائم ہے؛ وہاں رودر نے دھیان میں داخل ہو کر اپنا الٰہی نور وہیں قائم کیا۔

Word by Word

• आदिप्रभासात्: from Ādi-Prabhāsa
• आदिप्रभासात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि + प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: 'प्रभासस्य आदिः' (from Ādi-Prabhāsa)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb; also used with genitive/ablative sense)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a measure)
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (Measure relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (genitive), बहुवचन

• त्रितये: in a triad; at a distance of three
• त्रितये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थितम्: situated
• स्थितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (लिङ्ग-समन्वयः: लिङ्गस्य/स्थलस्य)

• रुद्रेण: by Rudra
• रुद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), एकवचन

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having undertaken
• आस्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable gerund): 'having undertaken'

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषणम्: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'own' (qualifies 'तेजः')

• तेजः: splendor; energy
• तेजः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb)

• योजितम्: was placed; was applied
• योजितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) (णिच् causative: योजयति) (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि: 'was placed/assigned'

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudreśvara (near Ādi-Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra sits in deep meditation near Ādi-Prabhāsa; from his body emanates a concentrated radiance that settles into the earth, marking the future Rudreśvara presence; the distance is symbolically shown by a short procession path.

Characters & Entities

• Ādi-Prabhāsa
• Rudra
• Rudreśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are portrayed as crystallizations of divine meditation and ‘tejas’, making geography itself a vessel of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rudreśvara near Ādi-Prabhāsa, defined with a traditional distance marker.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse gives a locating measure and a mythic origin (Rudra’s dhyāna).