Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 81

Devanagari script

पर्युषित उवाच । गच्छ त्वं चाश्रमं तत्र कुरु ब्राह्मणसत्तम । गमिष्यसि परां सिद्धिं लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यसि

Transliteration

paryuṣita uvāca | gaccha tvaṃ cāśramaṃ tatra kuru brāhmaṇasattama | gamiṣyasi parāṃ siddhiṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi

Translation

Paryuṣita sprach: „Geh, o bester der Brāhmaṇas, und errichte dort deinen Āśrama. Du wirst die höchste Vollendung erlangen und in der Welt ruhmreich bekannt werden.“

Word by Word

• paryuṣitaḥ: Paryuṣita (the speaker)
• paryuṣitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryuṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vas/√uṣ? "पर्युषित" = having stayed/sojourned)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (speaker name/epithet)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Agent addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम? (2nd person pronoun); प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (निपात)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• kuru: do / perform
• kuru: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• brāhmaṇa-sattama: O best of Brahmins
• brāhmaṇa-sattama: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: "श्रेष्ठः ब्राह्मणः"; पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• gamiṣyasi: you will attain/go
• gamiṣyasi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• parām: supreme
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of siddhim)

• siddhim: success / accomplishment
• siddhim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• khyātim: fame
• khyātim: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gamiṣyasi: you will attain
• gamiṣyasi: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Paryuṣita

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (āśrama-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paryuṣita, a luminous figure, grants permission and blessing to Gautama; in the background, an āśrama takes shape—hut, sacred fire, students—symbolizing future renown and accomplishment.

Characters & Entities

• Paryuṣita
• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to a sacred place and disciplined religious life (āśrama + tapas) leads to siddhi and lasting dhārmic reputation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale in Prabhāsa-kṣetra where the pretas were seen—later sanctified through Gautama’s āśrama and the Pretatīrtha account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Founding an āśrama at the tīrtha-site as a dhārmic institution supporting tapas and rites.