Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

न भयं जायते तस्य त्रिविधं वरवर्णिनि । अर्धगव्यूतिमात्रं तु तत्र क्षेत्रं रवेः स्मृतम्

Transliteration

na bhayaṃ jāyate tasya trividhaṃ varavarṇini | ardhagavyūtimātraṃ tu tatra kṣetraṃ raveḥ smṛtam

Translation

اے نہایت خوب رنگ والی دیوی! اس کے لیے تین طرح کا خوف پیدا نہیں ہوتا؛ اور وہاں رَوی دیو (سورج) کا مقدّس کْشَیتر صرف آدھی گویوتی تک مانا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jāyate: arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• trividham: threefold
• trividham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रयाणां विधः)

• varavarṇini: O excellent-complexioned lady
• varavarṇini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + varṇinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरा च सा वर्णिनी)

• ardha: half
• ardha: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययवत्; समासपूर्वपद (half)

• gavyūti: of a gavyūti (a distance measure)
• gavyūti: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gavyūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (समासे: गव्यूतिमात्रम् = गव्यूतेः मात्रम्)

• mātram: measure/extent
• mātram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'measure/extent'

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• kṣetram: the sacred area/field
• kṣetram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• raveḥ: of Ravi (the Sun)
• raveḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• smṛtam: is declared/remembered as
• smṛtam: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ('is said/considered')

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced); internal address to a female listener (“varavarṇini”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravi-kṣetra (Sūrya-kṣetra) within Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī/Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small, radiant solar precinct marked by a half-gavyūti boundary; pilgrims stand at the threshold with folded hands as a golden Sūrya aura protects the area, dispelling threefold fear.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Gavyūti (measure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya links protection from fear with entering or honoring a clearly defined sacred geography (kṣetra).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravi’s (Sūrya’s) kṣetra within Prabhāsakṣetra, defined as extending half a gavyūti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse defines the kṣetra’s extent and reiterates fearlessness as a fruit of association with it.