Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता भगवान्विष्णुमंदिरे । तेनैव वपुषा प्राप्तः सपुत्रः सहबांधवः

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā bhagavānviṣṇumaṃdire | tenaiva vapuṣā prāptaḥ saputraḥ sahabāṃdhavaḥ

Translation

Dann, nach langer Zeit, kam er in eben derselben leiblichen Gestalt zum Tempel des Herrn Viṣṇu, zusammen mit seinem Sohn und seinen Verwandten.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तर-अर्थे) ‘thereafter/then’

• kālena: with/by time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mahatā: great/long
• mahatā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘kālena’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• viṣṇu-mandire: in the temple of Vishnu
• viṣṇu-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘विष्णोः मन्दिरे’

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण)

• vapuṣā: with the body/form
• vapuṣā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• prāptaḥ: arrived/appeared
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived/obtained’

• sa-putraḥ: with (his) son
• sa-putraḥ: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘यस्य पुत्रः अस्ति/पुत्रेण सह’ = ‘with (his) son’

• saha-bāndhavaḥ: with (his) relatives
• saha-bāndhavaḥ: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saha (अव्यय) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः: ‘बान्धवैः सह’

Speaker

Pulastya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as nṛpa/bhūpati; ‘king of Arbuda’ in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, unchanged in bodily form, arrives after many years at a Viṣṇu temple, accompanied by his son and relatives; the temple threshold and the sense of homecoming dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇu-mandira
• Ambārīṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion over time culminates in returning to the deity’s abode; dharma is strengthened when practiced with family and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu temple established in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative space is foregrounded as a destination worthy of return and visitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued temple-going and darśana; no specific rite is itemized in this verse.