Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्यैव देवदेवस्य क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिं शृणु प्रिये

Transliteration

tasyaiva devadevasya kṣetrotpattiṃ śṛṇu priye

Translation

اے محبوبہ، اب اسی دیوتاؤں کے دیوتا کے مقدّس کْشیتَر (حرمِ مقدّس) کی پیدائش کا حال سنو۔

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (only/indeed)

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां देवः)

• क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिम्: the origin of the sacred place
• क्षेत्रोत्पत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र + उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्षेत्रस्य उत्पत्तिः)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; प्रिय-शब्दः स्त्रीलिङ्गे संबोधन

Speaker

Śiva (to Devī/Umā, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (kṣetra-utpatti episode)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (addressed as priyā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses Devī intimately (‘priye’), preparing to unfold the origin of the God-of-gods’ sacred field; the scene is calm, anticipatory, and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are not random locations; they are revealed spaces with a divine origin and purpose in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, introduced here through its kṣetrotpatti (origin account).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly—this verse serves as a narrative transition to the origin of the kṣetra.