Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

वामनोपि ततश्चक्रे तत्र तीर्थावगाहनम् । यादृग्रूपः शिवो दृष्टः सूर्यबिंबे दिगंबरः

Transliteration

vāmanopi tataścakre tatra tīrthāvagāhanam | yādṛgrūpaḥ śivo dṛṣṭaḥ sūryabiṃbe digaṃbaraḥ

Translation

Daraufhin nahm auch Vāmana in jenem Tīrtha das heilige Bad. Er erblickte Śiva in solcher Gestalt — als Digambara, „in die Himmelsrichtungen gekleidet“, sichtbar im Sonnenkreis.

Word by Word

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/particle (emphasis/also)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• चक्रे: did, performed, made
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• तीर्थ-अवगाहनम्: bathing/immersion at the sacred ford
• तीर्थ-अवगाहनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक; √गाह् अवगाहने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य अवगाहनम्)

• यादृक्-रूपः: of what kind of form
• यादृक्-रूपः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यादृक् (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (यादृक् एव रूपः यस्य)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (seen)

• सूर्य-बिंबे: in the sun-disc
• सूर्य-बिंबे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बिंब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य बिंबे)

• दिगंबरः: Digambara (sky-clad)
• दिगंबरः: Apposition/Predicate nominative (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग् (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (दिशः एव अम्बरं यस्य = naked/sky-clad)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana, after bathing, looks up and beholds Digambara Śiva manifested within the blazing sun-disc—an awe-filled, luminous epiphany over a sacred water edge.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Tīrtha (Vastrāpatha)
• Śiva
• Sūrya (sun orb)
• Digambara (aspect of Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing and remembrance at a tīrtha can culminate in direct divine vision (darśana), revealing Śiva’s transcendent, ascetic nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha at Vastrāpatha, where Vāmana performs avagāhana (ritual immersion).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrthāvagāhana—ritual bathing/immersion at the sacred place.