Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दक्षश्चैव तु सावर्णिर्यमश्चांगिरसस्तथा । शुको विभांडकश्चैव ऋष्यशृंगोऽथ गोभिलः

Transliteration

dakṣaścaiva tu sāvarṇiryamaścāṃgirasastathā | śuko vibhāṃḍakaścaiva ṛṣyaśṛṃgo'tha gobhilaḥ

Translation

وكذلك دكشا (Dakṣa) وسافارني (Sāvarṇi)، ويَما (Yama) وأنغيرسا (Aṅgirasa) أيضاً؛ وشوكا (Śuka) وفيبهاندكا (Vibhāṇḍaka) ورِشْيَشْرِنغا (Ṛṣyaśṛṅga) ثم غوبهلا (Gobhila)—(وهؤلاء أيضاً يقيمون في تلك البقعة المقدّسة).

Word by Word

• दक्षः: Dakṣa (sage)
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-बोधक अव्यय (particle: but/and then)

• सावर्णिः: Sāvarṇi (name)
• सावर्णिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावर्णि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यमः: Yama
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• आङ्गिरसः: Āṅgirasa (descendant of Aṅgiras)
• आङ्गिरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आङ्गिरस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• शुकः: Śuka
• शुकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विभाण्डकः: Vibhāṇḍaka
• विभाण्डकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभाण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• ऋष्यशृङ्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्य-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋष्यस्य शृङ्गः)

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (particle: then/and also)

• गोभिलः: Gobhila
• गोभिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोभिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from passage continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī and/or sages in frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broader sacred assembly at Prabhāsa including Dakṣa and Yama alongside sages Śuka, Vibhāṇḍaka, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Gobhila; Yama appears dignified (not fearsome), holding dharma symbols, all oriented toward a Śiva shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Sāvarṇi
• Yama
• Aṅgirasa
• Śuka
• Vibhāṇḍaka
• Ṛṣyaśṛṅga
• Gobhila
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sanctity of a place is affirmed by the lineage of dharma-teachers and ascetics who choose it for tapas and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, implied as the dwelling and meeting ground of renowned sages and dharmic authorities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the verse functions as māhātmya evidence through sacred association (saṅga) with great beings.