Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

दश चान्यान्भूधरादीन्वृषभान्तान्वरानने । आदौ कपर्द्दिनं कृत्वा प्रासादान्पर्यकल्पयत्

Transliteration

daśa cānyānbhūdharādīnvṛṣabhāntānvarānane | ādau kaparddinaṃ kṛtvā prāsādānparyakalpayat

Translation

اور مزید دس پرساد بھی—بھودھر سے لے کر وِرشبھ تک، اے خوش رُو۔ پہلے کپردِّن کو قائم کر کے، پھر اس نے پرسادوں کی باقاعدہ ترتیب کی۔

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्याशब्द, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत्/अविकारी प्रयोग; (ten) विशेषण

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

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (accusative plural); प्रासादान् इत्यस्य विशेषण (other)

• भूधरादीन्: (named) Bhūdhara and others
• भूधरादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूधर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूधरादयः’ (Bhūdhara and others)

• वृषभान्तान्: ending with (the name) Vṛṣabha
• वृषभान्तान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषभ + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘वृषभपर्यन्तान्’ (ending with Vṛṣabha)

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced lady
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular); ‘वरम् आननं यस्याः’ (O fair-faced one)

• आदौ: at first
• आदौ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण सप्तमी-एकवचन (locative used adverbially); ‘प्रथमम्’ (at first)

• कपर्द्दिनम्: Kapardin (Śiva)
• कपर्द्दिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपर्द्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular); शिवस्य नाम (Kapardin)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having made/appointed)

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

• पर्यकल्पयत्: he arranged/constructed
• पर्यकल्पयत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कल्पय् (धातु, णिच् causative of कल्प्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (he arranged/constructed)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; vocative suggests the narration may be quoting an earlier dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaparddin-sthāna and associated prāsādas (Bhūdhara…Vṛṣabha) within Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā (addressed: ‘O fair-faced one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A planner/kingly patron figure (implied ‘he’) first consecrates a Kaparddin (Śiva) shrine—Śiva with matted locks and crescent—then lays out ten additional prāsādas, from Bhūdhara onward, ending with Vṛṣabha, with the fair-faced interlocutor addressed in the verse.

Characters & Entities

• Kaparddin (Śiva)
• Bhūdhara (prāsāda)
• Vṛṣabha (prāsāda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva (Kaparddin) is placed first, indicating the Shaiva center of the kṣetra while still embracing a wider sacred network of shrines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Someśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described as an organized sacred complex with multiple prāsādas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it narrates the order of establishing shrines, beginning with Kaparddin.