Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

ततस्तु संप्राप्य महद्वचो मम सर्वे प्रहृष्टा मुनयो महोदयम् । गत्वा च तद्दारुवनं महेश्वरि पुनश्च चेरुः सुतपस्तपोधनाः

Transliteration

tatastu saṃprāpya mahadvaco mama sarve prahṛṣṭā munayo mahodayam | gatvā ca taddāruvanaṃ maheśvari punaśca ceruḥ sutapastapodhanāḥ

Translation

Dann, nachdem sie meine großen Worte vernommen hatten, wurden alle Weisen voller Freude, o Maheśvarī. Als sie nach jenem Dāruvana gingen, übten jene Asketen—deren Reichtum edle Askese ist—wieder erhabenes Tapas.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'ततः' = thereafter

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) — emphasis/contrast

• saṃprāpya: having attained
• saṃprāpya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: सम्+प्राप् (to attain)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; 'महद्' qualifying 'वचः'

• vacaḥ: speech/words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; pronoun genitive

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; used pronominally

• prahṛṣṭāḥ: delighted
• prahṛṣṭāḥ: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√hṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) used adjectivally; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• mahodayam: great prosperity/auspiciousness
• mahodayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā+udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महान् उदयः यस्य/महान् उदयः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; vocative sense possible in context, but form is accusative

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: गम् (to go)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object determiner/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying 'दारुवनम्'

• dāruvanam: the forest of trees (Dāruvana)
• dāruvanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāru+vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दारूणां वनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• maheśvari: O Maheśvarī
• maheśvari: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — again

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• ceruḥ: they wandered/they moved
• ceruḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: चर् (to move/wander)

• su-tapaḥ: of good austerity
• su-tapaḥ: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su+tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु तपः = good austerity); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; qualifying 'तपोधनाः'

• tapodhanāḥ: those whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)
• tapodhanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas+dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तपः धनं येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) addressing Devī (Maheśvarī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dāruvana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, delighted by the divine message, travel into a dense forest and resume intense austerities—sitting in meditation, standing on one leg, tending sacred fires—under towering trees.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvarī (Devī)
• Munis
• Dāruvana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual joy arises from receiving dharmic instruction and renewing one’s austerities with purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa is the discourse setting; Dāruvana is highlighted as a sacred forest where sages perform tapas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking tapas (austerity) in Dāruvana as part of the sages’ dharmic practice.