Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यदृच्छया महाशैलाः पार्श्वयोस्तत्र नापतन् । अतो वै दर्भशयने तथा देवीपुरेऽपि च

Transliteration

yadṛcchayā mahāśailāḥ pārśvayostatra nāpatan | ato vai darbhaśayane tathā devīpure'pi ca

Translation

Par un heureux hasard, les grands rochers ne tombèrent pas sur les deux côtés en ce lieu. C’est pourquoi, à Darbhaśayana—et aussi à Devīpura—ce fait est rappelé et indiqué.

Word by Word

• यदृच्छया: by chance
• यदृच्छया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया) एकवचन; ‘by chance’ इत्यर्थे करणत्वेन

• महा-शैलाः: great rocks/mountains
• महा-शैलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा) बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान्तः शैलाः)

• पार्श्वयोः: on the two sides
• पार्श्वयोः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th) द्विवचन; ‘on/at the two sides’ (locative dual sense)

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

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

• अपतन्: fell
• अपतन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/from this)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• दर्भ-शयने: at Darbha-śayana
• दर्भ-शयने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दर्भस्य शयनम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/so)

• देवी-पुरे: in Devīpura
• देवी-पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी) एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देव्याः पुरम्)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

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

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Sūta resumes explicitly in 4.64)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Darbhaśayana; Devīpura (ancillary stations)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A map-like sacred panorama: central Cakratīrtha with a disturbed middle, while the two flanks remain intact and serene; labels/visual cues indicate Darbhaśayana and Devīpura as spared side-stations.

Characters & Entities

• Darbhaśayana
• Devīpura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is preserved through place-names and narrative memory, showing how divine order protects and distinguishes holy zones.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse alludes to Darbhaśayana and Devīpura as significant locales connected to the surrounding tīrtha-landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the verse functions as a geographical-traditional note within the māhātmya.