Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

विप्र उवाच । यदि तुष्टो वरो देयो नरसिंह त्वया मम । सदात्र रक्षा कर्त्तव्या सर्वेषां तीर्थवासिनाम्

Transliteration

vipra uvāca | yadi tuṣṭo varo deyo narasiṃha tvayā mama | sadātra rakṣā karttavyā sarveṣāṃ tīrthavāsinām

Translation

Der Brāhmaṇa sprach: „Wenn du zufrieden bist und mir einen Segen gewähren willst, o Narasiṃha, dann soll hier allen, die an dieser heiligen Furt (tīrtha) wohnen, stets Schutz zuteilwerden.“

Word by Word

• vipraḥ: the brahmin
• vipraḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional conjunction)

• tuṣṭaḥ: pleased
• tuṣṭaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣ (धातु) → tuṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karma (Thing to be given/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• deyaḥ: should be given
• deyaḥ: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) → deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (to be given)

• narasiṃha: O Narasiṃha
• narasiṃha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (नराणां सिंह इव) नाम

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: for me / of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• rakṣā: protection
• rakṣā: Karma (Object notion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• karttavyā: must be done
• karttavyā: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kartavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (must be done)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (तदर्थे), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• tīrtha-vāsinām: of the residents of the sacred place
• tīrtha-vāsinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (तीर्थे वसन्ति इति)

Speaker

Vipra (Vāmana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-tīrtha (within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, composed and devoted, petitions Narasiṃha: ‘Grant constant protection to all who dwell in this tirtha.’ Narasiṃha listens as a guardian-king, the sacred landscape witnessing a covenant.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Vāmana)
• Narasiṃha
• Tīrthavāsins (pilgrims/residents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest boon is welfare for the community of pilgrims—protection that sustains dharma at a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra as a tīrtha where residents and visiting devotees are to be divinely protected.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A standing religious assurance is requested: continuous protection (sadā rakṣā) for all tīrtha-dwellers.