Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र वज्रेश्वरो देवो वज्रेणाराधितः सदा । यत्राभूद्दिव्यदृष्टीनामृषीणामाश्रमं कुलम्

Transliteration

yatra vajreśvaro devo vajreṇārādhitaḥ sadā | yatrābhūddivyadṛṣṭīnāmṛṣīṇāmāśramaṃ kulam

Translation

যেখানে বজ্রেশ্বর দেব সর্বদা বজ্র দ্বারা আরাধিত হন; এবং যেখানে দিব্যদৃষ্টিসম্পন্ন ঋষিদের কুল-আশ্রম বিদ্যমান ছিল।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• वज्रेश्वरः: Vajreśvara (Lord of the thunderbolt)
• वज्रेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वज्रस्य ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Appositive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वज्रेश्वरस्य अप्पोजिशन (apposition)

• वज्रेण: with a thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• आराधितः: was worshipped; was propitiated
• आराधितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अभूत्: was; came to be
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Imperfective past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दिव्यदृष्टीनाम्: of those with divine vision
• दिव्यदृष्टीनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—दिव्या दृष्टिः येषाम्/या (कर्मधारय)

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• कुलम्: a lineage/household; family
• कुलम्: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; आश्रमस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vajreśvara-tīrtha / Vajreśvara-sthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Vajreśvara liṅga shrine near a hermitage grove; a symbolic vajra is offered in worship; nearby, seers with luminous eyes sit in an ancient āśrama lineage setting, suggesting divya-dṛṣṭi.

Characters & Entities

• Vajreśvara
• vajra
• ṛṣis (divya-dṛṣṭi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is sanctified both by devatā-upāsanā (temple worship) and by ṛṣi-saṅga (the presence and tapas of seers).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale of Vajreśvara and the nearby ṛṣi-āśrama area within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit temple-worship: Vajreśvara is described as “always worshipped,” indicating ongoing ārādhana associated with the site.