Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

प्रभासे तु महादेवि ये स्थिता कृतनिश्चयाः । एकेन जन्मना तेषां मोक्षो नैवात्र संशयः

Transliteration

prabhāse tu mahādevi ye sthitā kṛtaniścayāḥ | ekena janmanā teṣāṃ mokṣo naivātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

لیکن اے مہادیوی! جو پربھاس میں پختہ عزم کے ساتھ قائم رہتے ہیں، اُن کے لیے ایک ہی جنم میں موکش یقینی ہے؛ اس میں یہاں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• प्रभासे: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of place)

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

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• स्थिताः: staying/abiding
• स्थिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ye इत्यस्य)

• कृतनिश्चयाः: firmly resolved
• कृतनिश्चयाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण; (निश्चयः कृतः येषां/ये) ‘having made a resolve’

• एकेन: by one (single)
• एकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधन/करणभाव (instrumental)

• जन्मना: by (a) birth; in one lifetime
• जन्मना: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (instrumental: ‘within/through one birth’)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karta/Predicate (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-रूपेण (predicate nominative)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Predicate nominal (विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Mahādevī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of resolute devotees residing in Prabhāsa, facing the Somnātha liṅga; above them a radiant gateway symbolizing mokṣa; the ‘one lifetime’ motif shown as a single lamp whose flame merges into vast light.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa
• Mahādevī
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Firm resolve and abiding in a supremely holy kṣetra can accelerate spiritual fruition—Prabhāsa grants mokṣa even within one life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, presented as a mokṣa-kṣetra when approached with determination.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is residence/abidance in Prabhāsa with steadfast resolve; no specific mantra or rite is named in this verse.