Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्कल्पे तु वाराहे हिमवत्तपसार्ज्जिते । संभूता पार्वती देवि चाक्षुषस्यांतरे गते

Transliteration

asminkalpe tu vārāhe himavattapasārjjite | saṃbhūtā pārvatī devi cākṣuṣasyāṃtare gate

Translation

لیکن اسی ورَاہ کلپ میں—ہِمَوَت کی تپسیا سے حاصل اس دور میں—اے دیوی، چاکشُش منونتر گزر جانے کے بعد تم پاروتی کے روپ میں پیدا ہوئیں۔

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• kalpe: aeon
• kalpe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')

• vārāhe: Varāha (named)
• vārāhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (kalpa-विशेषण: 'Varāha')

• himavat-tapas-ārjjite: obtained through Himavat’s austerities
• himavat-tapas-ārjjite: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: himavat + tapas + ārjjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (kalpa-विशेषण); समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपपद-समासभाव: 'obtained by Himavat’s austerities')

• saṃbhūtā: was born / arose
• saṃbhūtā: Karta-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhū (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘arisen/been born’

• pārvatī: Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• cākṣuṣasya: of Cākṣuṣa (Manu)
• cākṣuṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cākṣuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• antare: in the interval
• antare: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• gate: when (it) had passed
• gate: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘gone/passed’; antare-विशेषण

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva states that in the Varāha kalpa, after Cākṣuṣa manvantara, Devī was born as Pārvatī through Himavat’s tapas; depict Himavat as a personified king-mountain offering austerities, with infant Pārvatī appearing as a radiant lotus-child.

Characters & Entities

• Varāha Kalpa
• Himavat
• Tapas
• Pārvatī
• Cākṣuṣa Manvantara
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It honors tapas (austerity) as a dharmic power that invites divine grace and manifestation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification is of Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the verse additionally references Himavat as a sacred mythic locus of tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed, though the verse implicitly praises tapas as a spiritual discipline.