Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं ते निश्चयं कृत्वा परस्मिंस्तपसि स्थिताः । वर्षास्वाकाशगा भूत्वा हेमंते सलिलाश्रयाः

Transliteration

evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā parasmiṃstapasi sthitāḥ | varṣāsvākāśagā bhūtvā hemaṃte salilāśrayāḥ

Translation

So fassten sie ihren Entschluss und verharrten in strenger Askese: in der Regenzeit blieben sie unter offenem Himmel, und im Winter suchten sie Zuflucht im Wasser.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun (they)

• निश्चयम्: a resolve, determination
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having done/made'

• परस्मिन्: in the other/next
• परस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• स्थिताः: remained, stayed
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; past participle used predicatively (having remained/being stationed)

• वर्षासु: in the rainy season
• वर्षासु: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), बहुवचन; ऋतुवाचक (in the rains)

• आकाशगाः: moving in the sky
• आकाशगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाश + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: आकाशे गच्छन्ति/गता इति (sky-going)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having become'

• हेमन्ते: in winter
• हेमन्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ऋतुवाचक

• सलिलाश्रयाः: resorting to water
• सलिलाश्रयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सलिल + आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सलिलस्य आश्रयः (taking water as refuge/depending on water)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotees undertake severe tapas: during monsoon they remain under open sky, drenched by rain; during winter they stay immersed in water—bodies steady, minds fixed on Śiva, the shrine in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Tapas
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes a field for transformation when devotion is supported by disciplined tapas across hardships and seasons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the sages perform rigorous austerities to gain Śiva-darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Seasonal austerities are described: exposure to rain (no shelter) and water-immersion in winter.