Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

भवतोऽपि सदा ह्यत्र तिष्ठध्वं च द्विजर्षभाः । वायुभूतांतरिक्षस्थाः सर्वकामस्य दायकाः

Transliteration

bhavato'pi sadā hyatra tiṣṭhadhvaṃ ca dvijarṣabhāḥ | vāyubhūtāṃtarikṣasthāḥ sarvakāmasya dāyakāḥ

Translation

وأنتم أيضًا، يا رِيشِيّين كالثور بين ذوي الولادتين، الزموا هذا الموضع أبدًا. صيروا ككائناتٍ من ريح، مقيمين في الفضاء الأوسط، وكونوا واهبين لكل رغبةٍ مشروعة.

Word by Word

• bhavataḥ: of you (hon.)
• bhavataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक (honorific pronoun)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = 'also/even'

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• tiṣṭhadhvam: stay, remain
• tiṣṭhadhvam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dvijarṣabhāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• dvijarṣabhāḥ: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvijānām ṛṣabhāḥ)

• vāyubhūta-antarikṣasthāḥ: (those) become wind and stationed in the sky
• vāyubhūta-antarikṣasthāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyu-bhūta + antarikṣa-stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः (vāyubhūtāḥ ca antarikṣasthāḥ) समाहार/समुच्चयार्थे

• sarvakāmasya: of all desires
• sarvakāmasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (sarvaḥ kāmaḥ)

• dāyakāḥ: givers, bestowers
• dāyakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāyaka (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक from √dā/दा 'to give')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Bhagavān Hari (Viṣṇu) (deduced continuation addressing dvija sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience; within-scene addressed: dvija-ṛṣabhas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of venerable brāhmaṇa-sages are instructed to remain; they appear light and wind-like, hovering in the mid-sky above the shore, extending blessings to approaching pilgrims.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija sages
• Cakratīrtha (contextual)
• Antarīkṣa (mid-sky)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites are sustained by divine command and saintly presence; sages serve as subtle benefactors to pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha at Dvārakā (by immediate narrative context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the instruction is for sages to remain there and bless seekers.