Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तन्मध्ये मद्गृहं देवि तच्च गव्यूतिमात्रकम् । समुद्रस्योत्तरे देवि देविकामुखसंज्ञितम्

Transliteration

tanmadhye madgṛhaṃ devi tacca gavyūtimātrakam | samudrasyottare devi devikāmukhasaṃjñitam

Translation

اس خطّے کے بیچ میں، اے دیوی، میرا اپنا گھر ہے، جس کی پیمائش صرف ایک گویوتی ہے۔ سمندر کے شمال میں، اے دیوی، یہ ‘دیویکا مُکھ’ کے نام سے معروف ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति-समर्थ (in compound), एकवचन (Singular)

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मत्: my
• मत्: Sambandha (Possessive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-समर्थ (genitive sense) अव्ययवत्-पूर्वपद (as prefixal pronoun in compound)

• गृहम्: house, abode
• गृहम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject/complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गव्यूतिमात्रकम्: measuring only a gavyūti
• गव्यूतिमात्रकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्यूति (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (measure: 'only a gavyūti')

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• उत्तरे: to the north (in the northern side)
• उत्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देविकामुखसंज्ञितम्: called ‘Devikā-mukha’
• देविकामुखसंज्ञितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देविका (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञित (प्र+ज्ञा; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (नामधेय: 'called Devikā-mukha'); संज्ञित = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (PPP)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devikā-mukha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coastal sacred spot north of the sea: a luminous precinct marked ‘Devikā-mukha’, with Śiva’s invisible/implicit presence sanctifying a compact area; the ocean forms a boundary, and the tīrtha feels like a gateway-mouth into the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• Samudra (Ocean)
• Devikā-mukha
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva identifies Prabhāsa as His own dwelling-place, teaching that sacred geography is a living presence of the Divine, not merely a symbol.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devikā-mukha, a named sacred locality within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, situated to the north of the ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse primarily establishes location, name, and sacred extent.