Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अहं देवि त्वया सार्द्धं षट्त्रिंशत्तत्त्वसंयुतः । निवसामि महाभागे प्रभासे पापनाशने

Transliteration

ahaṃ devi tvayā sārddhaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasaṃyutaḥ | nivasāmi mahābhāge prabhāse pāpanāśane

Translation

اے دیوی! میں خود تمہارے ساتھ، چھتیس تتوؤں سے یکت ہو کر، گناہوں کو مٹانے والے پربھاس میں قیام کرتا ہوں، اے نہایت بخت والی۔

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• tvayā: with you
• tvayā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb/preposition: together with)

• ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with the thirty-six principles
• ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva-saṃyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭtriṃśat (प्रातिपदिक) + tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattvaiḥ saṃyutaḥ = ‘endowed with 36 principles’)

• nivasāmi: I dwell
• nivasāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (धातु) उपसर्ग-नि + लट्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasyāḥ)

• prabhāse: in Prabhāsa
• prabhāse: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (स्थाननाम)

• pāpa-nāśane: in the destroyer of sins (place)
• pāpa-nāśane: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpānāṃ nāśane)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī/Umā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva speaks to Devī, declaring his abiding presence in Prabhāsa together with her, the kṣetra shining as a tattva-filled field; the landscape suggests the western sea-coast with sacred light around a liṅga/temple precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Īśvara)
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Prabhāsa
• Ṣaṭtriṃśat-tattva (thirty-six principles)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is affirmed as a supreme sin-destroying kṣetra because Śiva and Śakti themselves abide there in fullness of tattvic power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, explicitly called pāpa-nāśana (sin-destroying).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific practice is stated; the verse establishes the theological foundation for pilgrimage merit through divine residence.