Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

मार्कंडेय उवाच । प्रभासादहमायातः सांप्रतं रघुनंदन । स्वमाश्रमं गमिष्यामि क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव व्यवस्थितम्

Transliteration

mārkaṃḍeya uvāca | prabhāsādahamāyātaḥ sāṃprataṃ raghunaṃdana | svamāśramaṃ gamiṣyāmi kṣetre'traiva vyavasthitam

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Soeben bin ich aus Prabhāsa gekommen, o Wonne des Raghu-Geschlechts. Nun will ich zu meinem eigenen Āśrama gehen, der hier in diesem heiligen Gebiet selbst gelegen ist.“

Word by Word

• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Mārkaṇḍeya
• mārkaṇḍeyaḥ: Karta (Speaker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārkaṇḍeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Speech)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prabhāsāt: from Prabhāsa
• prabhāsāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• āyātaḥ: have come
• āyātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: now
• sāṃpratam: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• raghunandana: O descendant/son of Raghu
• raghunandana: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘रघोः नन्दनः’); पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• svam: my own
• svam: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gamiṣyāmi: I will go
• gamiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kṣetre: in the region/field
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Deictic location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vyavasthitam: situated/established
• vyavasthitam: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + √sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) ‘व्यवस्थित’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; अत्र ‘आश्रमम्’ विशेषण (acc. sg.)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa present)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, serene and travel-worn, speaks of having come from Prabhāsa and points toward his nearby hermitage; the forest-kṣetra feels charged with pilgrimage connectivity.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sages move through tīrthas and sanctified regions, showing that spiritual life is anchored in sacred places and disciplined residence (āśrama).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is explicitly mentioned as the place from which Mārkaṇḍeya has come.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is described; the verse provides tīrtha and kṣetra context (Prabhāsa and the local sacred region).