Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

कालदुर्वाससोश्चित्रचरित्रेणामरावतीम् । यास्येहं भ्रातृभिः सार्द्धं राज्यं पुत्रे निवेद्य च

Transliteration

kāladurvāsasościtracaritreṇāmarāvatīm | yāsyehaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ rājyaṃ putre nivedya ca

Translation

Und dann werde ich durch den wundersamen Lauf der Dinge, an dem die Zeit und Durvāsas beteiligt sind, zusammen mit meinen Brüdern nach Amarāvatī gehen, nachdem ich das Königreich meinem Sohn anvertraut habe.

Word by Word

• कालदुर्वाससोः: of Kāla and Durvāsas
• कालदुर्वाससोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालदुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (कालः + दुर्वासाः)

• चित्रचरित्रेण: by the wondrous deed/act
• चित्रचरित्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रचरित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (चित्रं चरित्रम्)

• अमरावतीम्: to Amarāvatī
• अमरावतीम्: Gati/Karma (Goal of motion/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/गति-लक्ष्य), एकवचन

• यास्ये: I will go
• यास्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भ्रातृभिः: with (my) brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (particle meaning 'together with')

• राज्यम्: the kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पुत्रे: to (my) son
• पुत्रे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• निवेद्य: having entrusted/presented
• निवेद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) of causative/denominative sense 'to present/submit'; अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śrī Rāma (as a prophetic/narrative voice within the Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, after entrusting the kingdom to his son, departs with his brothers; Durvāsas appears as an austere catalyst; above, Amarāvatī glows—celestial city with Indra’s splendor, clouds and divine chariots suggesting ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Kāla (Time)
• Durvāsas
• Amarāvatī
• Brothers of Rāma (implied)
• Son (heir; implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the greatest must honor Time (kāla) and duty; orderly succession and detachment uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa); Amarāvatī is referenced as a divine destination, not as the section’s tīrtha focus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it references royal succession and departure as dharmic acts.