Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततः स्वकं पदं त्यक्त्वा रम्ये पर्वतरोधसि । अथोवाच मुनीन्सर्वान्ब्रह्मा संश्लक्ष्णया गिरा

Transliteration

tataḥ svakaṃ padaṃ tyaktvā ramye parvatarodhasi | athovāca munīnsarvānbrahmā saṃślakṣṇayā girā

Translation

Dann verließ Brahmā seinen eigenen Sitz in jener lieblichen Berggegend und sprach zu allen Weisen mit sanfter, wohlabgewogener Rede.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kala (Time/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमार्थक (thereupon/from that)

• स्वकम्: his own
• स्वकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पदम्)

• पदम्: place/position
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• रम्ये: in a beautiful
• रम्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रोधसि)

• पर्वतरोधसि: on the mountain-slope/bank
• पर्वतरोधसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + रोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतस्य रोधः/रोधसि)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुनीन्)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st), एकवचन

• संश्लक्ष्णया: with a gentle/soft
• संश्लक्ष्णया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संश्लक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गिरा)

• गिरा: speech/voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गीर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāpada (Great Footprint/Great Sacred Mark)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a verdant mountain ledge, Brahmā rises from his seat and addresses a circle of seated sages; the atmosphere is calm, luminous, and anticipatory, with a hinted sacred imprint nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Ṛṣayaḥ
• Arbuda (mountain region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred instruction is situated in sacred geography; the teacher leads seekers from question to place-based grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A beautiful mountain region in Arbuda-khaṇḍa is the setting; the specific sanctified ‘pada/mahāpada’ is introduced next.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it frames Brahmā’s forthcoming guidance.