Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अनादियुगसंस्थानं सर्व कामप्रदं शुभम् । संसारसागरे घोरे स्थितं नौरिव तारणे

Transliteration

anādiyugasaṃsthānaṃ sarva kāmapradaṃ śubham | saṃsārasāgare ghore sthitaṃ nauriva tāraṇe

Translation

یہ ازل سے قائم، نہایت مبارک اور ہر نیک خواہش عطا کرنے والا ہے؛ ہولناک سمسار کے سمندر میں یہ پار اُتارنے والی کشتی کی مانند قائم ہے۔

Word by Word

• अनादियुगसंस्थानम्: the beginningless-age-established (abode/structure)
• अनादियुगसंस्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनादि-युग-संस्थान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुषः (structure/abode pertaining to beginningless ages)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘कामा’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• कामप्रदम्: wish-granting
• कामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम-प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (giver of desires)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• संसारसागरे: in the ocean of worldly existence
• संसारसागरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार-सागर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ocean of saṃsāra)

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘संसारसागरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• स्थितम्: situated; standing
• स्थितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle/कृत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्थित’ = situated

• नौः: a boat
• नौः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक (comparative particle)

• तारणे: for crossing over
• तारणे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; हेतौ/विषये (in the act/purpose of crossing)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘Deveśi/Devi/Sundarī’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, dark ocean symbolizing saṃsāra; in the foreground a radiant sacred kṣetra like an island/boat, with pilgrims stepping aboard; auspicious emblems (kalasha, conch, trident/linga motifs) and a distant shoreline of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃsāra (worldly existence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A true tīrtha is not only wish-fulfilling but also a means of liberation—helping one cross saṃsāra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred establishment in Prabhāsa Kṣetra (contextually Daityasūdana/Viṣṇu-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse gives a theological characterization of the site as salvific.