Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

एवं वर्षत्रयेणैव दिव्यदेहः प्रजायते । तेजस्वी वलवान्प्राज्ञः सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः

Transliteration

evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva divyadehaḥ prajāyate | tejasvī valavānprājñaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ

Translation

如此，仅三年便得成天妙之身——光辉炽盛、强健有力、智慧具足，远离一切疾病。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• वर्षत्रयेण: by/within three years
• वर्षत्रयेण: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Instrumental singular; कालपरिमाणे करणत्वे

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphasis

• दिव्यदेहः: a divine body
• दिव्यदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; कर्तृपद/विषय

• प्रजायते: comes into being
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘is born/comes into being’

• तेजस्वी: radiant
• तेजस्वी: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण

• बलवान्: strong
• बलवान्: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण

• प्राज्ञः: wise
• प्राज्ञः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण

• सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः: free from all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + व्याधि + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim emerging from sacred waters at Prabhāsa, body suffused with light; attendants hold water-pot and cloth; distant Somnātha shrine and sea-horizon suggest the western kṣetra’s liminality.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dedicated observance in a sacred kṣetra is portrayed as transforming the practitioner—purity and devotion yield holistic perfection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, whose practices are said to grant exceptional results over a defined period.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse summarizes the promised fruit of a three-year regimen described earlier: attainment of a radiant, strong, disease-free state.