Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सेवितं चर्षिभिः सिद्धैर्यक्षविद्याधरोरगैः । तस्य सीमां प्रवक्ष्यामि विष्णुक्षेत्रस्य भामिनि

Transliteration

sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhairyakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ | tasya sīmāṃ pravakṣyāmi viṣṇukṣetrasya bhāmini

Translation

Được các ṛṣi và các bậc Siddha phụng sự, lại được Yakṣa, Vidyādhara và Nāga tôn kính—hỡi người nữ rạng ngời, nay ta sẽ tuyên bày ranh giới của Viṣṇu-kṣetra ấy.

Word by Word

• sevitam: served, frequented
• sevitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sevita (कृदन्त; √sev (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ṛṣibhiḥ: by sages
• ṛṣibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• siddhaiḥ: by siddhas
• siddhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ: by yakṣas, vidyādharas, and serpents
• yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa + vidyādhara + uraga (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (yakṣāś ca vidyādharāś ca uragāś ca)

• tasya: of that (field)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sīmām: boundary, limit
• sīmām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pravakṣyāmi: I shall declare
• pravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः प्र-

• viṣṇukṣetrasya: of Viṣṇu’s sacred field
• viṣṇukṣetrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viṣṇoḥ kṣetram)

• bhāmini: O lovely lady
• bhāmini: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Viṣṇu-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāminī (a ‘radiant lady’ interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator addresses a radiant lady, describing Prabhāsa as thronged by ṛṣis and siddhas, with yakṣas, vidyādharas, and nāgas in attendance, as the sacred boundary is about to be proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Yakṣas
• Vidyādharas
• Nāgas
• Viṣṇu-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s sanctity is affirmed by its continual veneration by divine and semi-divine beings, and by its clearly taught sacred boundaries.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu-kṣetra associated with Daityasūdana within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, whose sīmā (boundary) is about to be described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it introduces a pilgrimage-style boundary description (kṣetra-sīmā) for proper sacred orientation.