Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कस्माद्ब्रह्मादया देवा अस्मिंस्तीर्थे समागताः । कथं नारायणो देवः स्वयमेव समागतः

Transliteration

kasmādbrahmādayā devā asmiṃstīrthe samāgatāḥ | kathaṃ nārāyaṇo devaḥ svayameva samāgataḥ

Translation

Aus welchem Grund versammelten sich Brahmā und die übrigen Götter an diesem Tīrtha? Und wie kam der Herr Nārāyaṇa, der Deva, selbst leibhaftig hierher?

Word by Word

• कस्मात्: from what (cause)?
• कस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक—हेतौ (from what cause?)

• ब्रह्मादयः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (brahmā-ādiḥ)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• समागताः: have assembled
• समागताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थः—आगताः (have come/assembled)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समानााधिकरण (apposition to नारायणः)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic)

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• समागतः: has come
• समागतः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—आगतः (has come)

Speaker

Bhojarāja

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇarekhā-bhava tīrtha at Vastrāpatha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sārasvata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhojarāja asks why Brahmā and the gods gathered at this tīrtha and how Nārāyaṇa himself arrived; the scene anticipates a grand divine assembly at the riverbank/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great tīrthas are portrayed as meeting-points of the gods, where divine purposes unfold for the welfare of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) where Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa are said to assemble.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a set of origin-questions about divine visitation.