Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

देव्युवाच । देवदेव जगन्नाथ सर्वप्राणहिताय वै । प्रभासक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं विस्तराद्वद मे प्रभो

Transliteration

devyuvāca | devadeva jagannātha sarvaprāṇahitāya vai | prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyaṃ vistarādvada me prabho

Translation

女神说道：天中之天、世间之主啊——为一切众生之利益——主宰啊，请为我详说普罗婆娑圣域（Prabhāsa-kṣetra）的伟大功德。

Word by Word

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• devadeva: O God of gods
• devadeva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva-deva (प्रातिपदिक: deva + deva)
• Form: कर्मधारय (देवानां देवः); पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• jagannātha: O Lord of the world
• jagannātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat-nātha (प्रातिपदिक: jagat + nātha)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (जगतः नाथः); पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• sarvaprāṇa-hitāya: for the welfare of all beings
• sarvaprāṇa-hitāya: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-prāṇa-hita (प्रातिपदिक: sarva + prāṇa + hita)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां प्राणानां हितः); पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmyam: the greatness of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (प्रभासस्य क्षेत्रस्य माहात्म्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन (कर्म)

• vistarāt: in detail
• vistarāt: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: in detail)

• vada: tell/speak
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• me: to me
• me: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th case), एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara/Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī addresses Śiva with titles ‘Devadeva’ and ‘Jagannātha’, hands in añjali, requesting the full Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya for the welfare of all beings.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva (Devadeva, Jagannātha)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Teaching about tīrthas is framed as loka-hita—spiritual welfare for all beings through knowledge of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the chapter asks for its māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it requests detailed exposition that typically supports pilgrimage, worship, and tīrtha practices.