Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

वेवेति स्कन्दरचनाद्भवानी चात्र संस्थिता । अतो यन्नाधिकं प्रोक्तं तीर्थं देवि मया तव

Transliteration

veveti skandaracanādbhavānī cātra saṃsthitā | ato yannādhikaṃ proktaṃ tīrthaṃ devi mayā tava

Translation

Por la exclamación de Skanda —«¡Veve!»— Bhavānī también quedó establecida aquí. Por ello, oh Diosa, te he hablado de este tīrtha; nada mayor queda por decir.

Word by Word

• वेवेति: “veve” thus
• वेवेति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वेवेति (अव्यय/उक्ति-रूप)
• Form: इति-प्रत्ययान्त उक्ति (quotative particle), अव्यय; ‘वेवे’ इति शब्दस्य उद्धरणम्

• स्कन्दरचनात्: from Skanda’s composition
• स्कन्दरचनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द-रचना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्कन्दस्य रचना)

• भवानी: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संस्थिता: is established / has stayed
• संस्थिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/स्थित-अर्थे (past participle: ‘having stayed/being established’)

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतु/तस्मात्-अर्थक अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अधिकम्: more / further
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (comparative sense: ‘more/further’)

• प्रोक्तम्: said / declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate within relative clause/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• तीर्थम्: the sacred ford/place (tīrtha)
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• तव: of/for you
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Sārasvata (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Śiva-Śakti sannidhāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda (Kārttikeya) stands in a sanctified space, uttering a potent syllabic cry ‘Veve’; from the vibration, Bhavānī manifests or becomes seated/installed beside Bhava, forming a Śiva-Śakti shrine aura; the landscape glows as if responding to sound.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Bhavānī
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes supremely potent when both Śiva and Śakti are affirmed as present—completing the sacred wholeness of the place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, presented as an unsurpassed tīrtha in this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; the verse concludes the praise of the tīrtha’s supreme status.