Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्या माहात्म्यमखिलं कथयामि तवाधुना । पुरा सोमेन त्यक्ताभिर्भार्याभिस्तु वरानने

Transliteration

tasyā māhātmyamakhilaṃ kathayāmi tavādhunā | purā somena tyaktābhirbhāryābhistu varānane

Translation

Nay ta sẽ kể cho nàng nghe trọn vẹn oai đức của Ngài. Thuở xưa, ôi người có dung nhan mỹ lệ, Soma đã bị các phu nhân của mình rời bỏ—

Word by Word

• तस्या: of her
• तस्या: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘of her’

• माहात्म्यम्: glory/greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — ‘greatness, glory’

• अखिलम्: entire
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘entire/complete’ (qualifying माहात्म्यम्)

• कथयामि: I narrate
• कथयामि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; कथयति)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन — ‘I tell/narrate’

• तव: to you/for you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — ‘of you/for you’

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय — ‘now’

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय — ‘formerly/once’

• सोमेन: by Soma
• सोमेन: Karana (Agent/instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — ‘by Soma’

• त्यक्ताभिः: abandoned (by him)
• त्यक्ताभिः: Karana (Instrumental association/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — ‘having been abandoned’

• भार्याभिः: with the wives
• भार्याभिः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — ‘with/among wives’

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — emphasis/contrast ‘indeed/but’

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् आननं यस्याः) — ‘O fair-faced one’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā / fair-faced interlocutor (female addressee in the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator begins recounting the full greatness of Prabhāsa, introducing an ancient episode: Soma’s wives, abandoned, turn toward the sacred kṣetra as their refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Icchāśakti
• Soma (Moon)
• Devī/Umā
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred-site teachings often unfold through purāṇic narrative, showing how divine grace restores order when harmony is broken.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the setting for the māhātmya of Icchāśakti that Śiva begins to narrate.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a mythic account that supports the site’s māhātmya.