Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभृत्येव मे नाम बालरूपी निगद्यते । अन्येषु सर्वतीर्थेषु वृद्धरूपी वसाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tatprabhṛtyeva me nāma bālarūpī nigadyate | anyeṣu sarvatīrtheṣu vṛddharūpī vasāmyaham

Translation

Từ đó trở đi, danh xưng của ta được gọi là ‘Bālarūpī’—hình tướng trẻ thơ. Còn tại mọi thánh địa khác, ta an trú trong hình tướng bậc lão niên.

Word by Word

• तत्: from that
• तत्: Kāla (Time-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-समासपूर्वपद (ablative base in compound)

• प्रभृति: onwards, starting from
• प्रभृति: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक-कालवाचक (from then onwards)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बालरूपी: having the form of a child
• बालरूपी: Karta-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying नाम)

• निगद्यते: is called, is said
• निगद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + गद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• अन्येषु: in other
• अन्येषु: Adhikarana-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying सर्वतीर्थेषु)

• सर्वतीर्थेषु: in all sacred fords/places of pilgrimage
• सर्वतीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वृद्धरूपी: having the form of an old man
• वृद्धरूपी: Karta-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृद्ध + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अहम्)

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Soma (Candra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Bālarūpī-bhāva)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nishānātha (addressed in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Contrast tableau: Prabhāsa showing a radiant child-form ‘Bālarūpī’, while other tīrthas show the same presence as an aged ascetic; pilgrims reacting with wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Sarva-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha can uniquely ‘fix’ a divine presence and form; Prabhāsa is portrayed as a place where Soma’s childlike radiance is especially manifest.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, distinguished from other tīrthas by Soma’s special abiding as Bālarūpī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse primarily explains a theological identity (name/form) tied to sacred location.