Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

धूमसंघैः समेतं तु व्यापयामास तज्जगत् । ततस्त्रैलोक्यमखिलं ज्वालाभिर्व्याकुलीकृतम्

Transliteration

dhūmasaṃghaiḥ sametaṃ tu vyāpayāmāsa tajjagat | tatastrailokyamakhilaṃ jvālābhirvyākulīkṛtam

Translation

دھوئیں کے گھنے بادلوں کے ساتھ مل کر وہ اس جہان میں پھیل گیا؛ پھر شعلوں نے تمام تری لوک (تینوں جہانوں) کو اضطراب میں ڈال دیا۔

Word by Word

• धूमसंघैः: with masses of smoke
• धूमसंघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धूमस्य संघाः)

• समेतम्: filled/covered (with)
• समेतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘accompanied/filled’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• व्यापयामास: pervaded/filled
• व्यापयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आप् (धातु) (causative: व्यापय)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; हेतुमति-प्रयोग (causative sense) ‘caused to pervade/filled’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘thereupon/from that’

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ज्वालाभिः: by flames
• ज्वालाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• व्याकुलीकृतम्: made distressed/agitated
• व्याकुलीकृतम्: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-आ-कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; नामधातु-भाव (व्याकुली- + कृ) ‘made agitated’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas/assembly (contextually)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast cosmic panorama: smoke-masses rolling across the worlds, tongues of flame unsettling gods, sages, and beings; the horizon glows as if the universe itself is burning.

Characters & Entities

• Smoke (Dhūma)
• Flames (Jvālā)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine manifestation is cosmic in scope; the sacred is not merely local but can reverberate through all realms of existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahāprabhāsa manifestation in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose power is depicted as affecting all three worlds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the cosmic signs accompanying the tīrtha’s epiphany.