Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्युगे विलुलिते ह्यृषयो वनचारिणः । समेत्यामंत्रयन्सर्वे गर्गच्यवनभार्गवाः

Transliteration

asminyuge vilulite hyṛṣayo vanacāriṇaḥ | sametyāmaṃtrayansarve gargacyavanabhārgavāḥ

Translation

এই বিভ্ৰান্ত যুগত বনচাৰী ঋষিসকল একেলগে সমবেত হ’ল আৰু সকলোৱে পৰামৰ্শ কৰিলে—তাত গৰ্গ, চ্যৱন আৰু ভাৰ্গৱসকলো আছিল।

Word by Word

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• yuge: age
• yuge: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• vilulite: when (it was) in turmoil
• vilulite: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√lul (लुल्/लोल्; ‘to be disturbed/shaken’) (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘विलुलित’ (agitated, disordered)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्ययम् (emphatic/causal particle)

• ṛṣayaḥ: sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (कर्ता/Nominative), बहुवचनम्

• vana-cāriṇaḥ: forest-dwellers
• vana-cāriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक) + cārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः ‘वने चरन्ति’

• sametya: having assembled
• sametya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√i (इ) (कृदन्त; क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययम् (gerund) ‘समेत्य’

• āmantrayan: addressed/invited
• āmantrayan: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√mantr (मन्त्र्) (तिङन्त; लट्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमा-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; धातुः ‘आमन्त्रय्’ (to invite/address)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• garga-cyavana-bhārgavāḥ: Garga, Cyavana, and the Bhārgavas
• garga-cyavana-bhārgavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garga (प्रातिपदिक) + cyavana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर) ‘गर्गश्च्यवनश्च भार्गवाश्च’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; sages are being introduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of forest-dwelling sages seated on kuśa grass under ancient trees, fire altar glowing; named sages (Garga, Cyavana, Bhārgavas) prominent; scrolls and waterpots nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Garga
• Cyavana
• Bhārgavas
• Kali-yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma falters, the wise respond through collective discernment and consultation, seeking the highest guidance rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse names sages rather than a tīrtha; it belongs to Dvārakā-māhātmya, which ultimately glorifies Dvārakā’s sacred power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes an assembly and deliberation among sages.