Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

सा पूर्वमभवद्वंध्या ऋषिपत्नी यशस्विनी । वैराग्यं परमं गत्वा ततश्चैवार्बुदं गता

Transliteration

sā pūrvamabhavadvaṃdhyā ṛṣipatnī yaśasvinī | vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā tataścaivārbudaṃ gatā

Translation

Einst war die ruhmreiche Gattin des ṛṣi kinderlos. Nachdem sie das höchste Vairāgya, vollkommene Entsagung, erlangt hatte, begab sie sich darauf nach Arbuda.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• pūrvam: formerly
• pūrvam: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvam (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly)

• abhavat: was, became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vaṃdhyā: barren
• vaṃdhyā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaṃdhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ṛṣipatnī: wife of a sage
• ṛṣipatnī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ऋषेः पत्नी)

• yaśasvinī: glorious, renowned
• yaśasvinī: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yaśasvinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• vairāgyam: dispassion, renunciation
• vairāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (vairāgyam इत्यस्य)

• gatvā: having attained/gone to
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थ-निपात (emphatic particle)

• arbudam: Arbuda (place/mountain)
• arbudam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; देश/पर्वतनाम

• gatā: went
• gatā: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगार्थ (gone)

Speaker

Pulastya (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārthā, once childless, leaves worldly preoccupation and journeys toward the Arbuda mountain; the landscape shifts from household to rugged sacred hills.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Pārthā
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner transformation (vairāgya) is portrayed as the force that moves one toward sacred places and deeper tapas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda (Mount Arbuda/Abu region), a key sacred landscape within this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it narrates the motive and movement toward the holy region.