Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

एवं पृथक्कारयित्वा प्रासादांश्च चतुर्दश । ब्रह्मादीनां देवतानां समीपस्थानवासिनाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ pṛthakkārayitvā prāsādāṃśca caturdaśa | brahmādīnāṃ devatānāṃ samīpasthānavāsinām

Translation

یوں چودہ پرساد الگ الگ بنوا کر، برہما سے آغاز کرنے والے دیوتاؤں کے لیے—جو قریب کے مقامات میں رہنے والے ہیں—ان کی ترتیب کی گئی۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of manner)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पृथक्त्ववाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: separately)

• कारयित्वा: having caused (them) to be built
• कारयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कारय् (धातु, णिच् causative of कृ) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having caused to be made)

• प्रासादान्: palaces, temples
• प्रासादान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (accusative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याशब्द, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी प्रयोग (numeral used adjectivally); प्रासादान् इति विशेष्यस्य संख्या

• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: of Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन; ‘ब्रह्मादयः’ इत्यस्य (of Brahmā and others)

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• समीपस्थानवासिनाम्: of those residing nearby
• समीपस्थानवासिनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप + स्थान + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘समीपस्थाने वासिनः’ (those dwelling in the nearby place)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra prāsāda-maṇḍala (fourteen prāsādas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Fourteen distinct palaces/shrines arranged separately like petals around a center; Brahmā and other deities are shown residing in nearby stations, each with their iconography, forming a divine neighborhood within the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devatās

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A great kṣetra honors the entire divine assembly—devotion to the Supreme is accompanied by reverence to the gods who support cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra at Someśvara, portrayed as a multi-deity sacred precinct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite; the verse explains the allocation of shrines for deities (beginning with Brahmā).