Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

अस्मिंश्चाहं सदा देवाः स्थास्यामि वरपर्वते

Transliteration

asmiṃścāhaṃ sadā devāḥ sthāsyāmi varaparvate

Translation

„Und hier, o Götter, werde ich für immer weilen—auf diesem vortrefflichen Berge (Varaparvata).“

Word by Word

• asmin: in this (place)
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

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

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• devāḥ: O gods
• devāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• sthāsyāmi: I will stay
• sthāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vara-parvate: on the excellent mountain
• vara-parvate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (पर्वत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (वरः पर्वतः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Parameśvarī/Maheśānī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varaparvata (Arbuda region)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant goddess (or divine presence) declaring eternal residence atop a serene, auspicious mountain; gods assembled in reverent attention; the mountain rendered as a sacred peak with hermitage groves.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devāḥ
• Varaparvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tirtha’s greatness rests in divine presence—permanent abode makes the land a continuing refuge for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varaparvata in Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Arbuda region), declared as the Goddess’s eternal dwelling-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse functions as a sanctifying proclamation (nivāsa-saṅkalpa) for the mountain-site.