Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

देवर्षिर्नारदस्तत्र मुनिभिर्मुदितोऽवसत् । सिंहस्यांते च सर्वाणि स्वस्थानगमनाय वै

Transliteration

devarṣirnāradastatra munibhirmudito'vasat | siṃhasyāṃte ca sarvāṇi svasthānagamanāya vai

Translation

Dort verweilte der göttliche Seher Nārada, erfreut unter den Munis; und am Ende der Siṃha‑Zeit machten sich alle bereit, in ihre eigenen Wohnstätten aufzubrechen.

Word by Word

• deva-ṛṣiḥ: the divine sage
• deva-ṛṣiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (deva-ṛṣi: ‘divine sage’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन

• nāradaḥ: Nārada
• nāradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; deva-ṛṣiḥ इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• munibhiḥ: by/with sages
• munibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• muditaḥ: gladdened, delighted
• muditaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mudita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mud)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom.), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• avasat: dwelt, stayed
• avasat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vas (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• siṃhasya: of the lion
• siṃhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• ante: at the end / near
• ante: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

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

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन; (अत्र) ‘all (things/beings)’

• sva-sthāna-gamanāya: for going to their own abode
• sva-sthāna-gamanāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + gamana (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: ‘going to one’s own place’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautamī (Godāvarī) during Siṃha-kāla

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada seated on the riverbank among joyful sages, vīṇā in hand; the atmosphere suggests the waning of a great festival—divine beings preparing to depart, with subtle upward movement toward the sky and a calm closing light.

Characters & Entities

• Devarṣi Nārada
• Munis (sages)
• Siṃha/Siṃhastha (Leo period)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy gatherings at tīrthas are time-bound; when the auspicious period concludes, even exalted beings return to their realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually, the Gautamī/Godāvarī tīrtha where sages and Nārada are residing during Siṃhastha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; the verse marks the conclusion of an auspicious tīrtha-period (Siṃhastha).