Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रतिष्ठितः प्रसाद्याथ वरदोऽसौ स्वयं स्थितः । उज्जयंतगिरेर्मूर्ध्नि मेघनादः स्वयं ययौ

Transliteration

pratiṣṭhitaḥ prasādyātha varado'sau svayaṃ sthitaḥ | ujjayaṃtagirermūrdhni meghanādaḥ svayaṃ yayau

Translation

So blieb jener Segensspender, nachdem er eingesetzt und durch Verehrung gnädig gestimmt worden war, aus eigenem Willen dort. Und Meghanāda selbst begab sich auf den Gipfel des Berges Ujjayanta.

Word by Word

• प्रतिष्ठितः: (he) was established / installed
• प्रतिष्ठितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु) → प्रतिष्ठित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past passive participle used predicatively

• प्रसाद्य: having propitiated
• प्रसाद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-सा॒द् (धातु) → प्रसाद्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्तः (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), absolutive/gerund; ‘having pleased/propitiated’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• वरदः: boon-giving
• वरदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (bestower of boons)

• असौ: that (person)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनिष्ठा/स्वकृत्य-निर्देशक (oneself)

• स्थितः: stood / remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past participle used predicatively

• उज्जयंतगिरेः: of Mount Ujjayanta
• उज्जयंतगिरेः: Adhikarana (Locative basis via genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयंत-गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उज्जयंतः + गिरिः)

• मूर्ध्नि: on the summit / on the head
• मूर्ध्नि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• मेघनादः: Meghanāda
• मेघनादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ-नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मेघस्य नादः)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनिष्ठा/स्वकृत्य-निर्देशक

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within the māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ujjayanta-giri (summit-sthāna of Meghanāda)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After being duly propitiated, the boon-giving presence stays; Meghanāda ascends to the very crown of Ujjayanta, claiming the summit as his seat.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayanta-giri
• Meghanāda
• Pratiṣṭhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the sacred is properly established and honored, it abides and becomes a living source of blessing within the landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Ujjayanta in the Prabhāsa region, connected to Vastrāpatha’s sacred network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiation leading to prasāda (divine favor) and the effect of pratiṣṭhā (installation).