Shloka 2 - Adhyaya 59 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

अजेति नाम्नीं तां देवीं राह्वीशाद्दक्षिणे स्थिताम् । मम वक्त्राद्विनिष्क्रांता षष्ठाद्वै विष्णुपूजितात्

Transliteration

ajeti nāmnīṃ tāṃ devīṃ rāhvīśāddakṣiṇe sthitām | mama vaktrādviniṣkrāṃtā ṣaṣṭhādvai viṣṇupūjitāt

Translation

Nữ Thần ấy mang danh Ajetī; Ngài đứng về phía nam của Rāhvīśa. Ngài phát xuất từ miệng Ta—quả thật từ gương mặt thứ sáu, nơi được Viṣṇu tôn thờ.

Word by Word

अजाAjā (name)

इतिthus; as

नाम्नीम्named; by the name

ताम्that (her)

देवीम्goddess

राह्वीशात्from Rāhvīśa

दक्षिणेon the south (side)

स्थिताम्situated; standing

ममmy

वक्त्रात्from (my) mouth/face

विनिष्क्रान्ताhaving come forth; emerged

षष्ठात्from the sixth

वैindeed

विष्णुपूजितात्from (that) worshipped by Viṣṇu

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ajetī Devī (south of Rāhvīśa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified (frame listener)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva reveals Ajetī Devī standing to the south of a shrine labeled Rāhvīśa; from Śiva’s radiant sixth face a stream of light becomes the Devī; Viṣṇu is shown in reverent posture worshipping that face.

Characters & Entities

Ajetī (Devī)

Rāhvīśa (place-marker within Prabhāsa Kṣetra)

Viṣṇu

Śiva (implied by “my mouth/face”)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The kṣetra is mapped as living theology: the Goddess is both a geographic presence and a manifestation of Śiva’s own śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with a directional locator—Ajetī Devī situated south of Rāhvīśa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it references Viṣṇu’s worship of Śiva’s sixth face as a theological credential.