Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तत्क्षणात्समनुप्राप्तो गौतमस्य निवेशनम् । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु अहिल्या कृतमंडना

Transliteration

tatkṣaṇātsamanuprāpto gautamasya niveśanam | etasminneva kāle tu ahilyā kṛtamaṃḍanā

Translation

À l’instant même, il parvint à la demeure de Gautama. Et, en ce moment précis, Ahalyā, déjà parée, s’y trouvait.

Word by Word

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, from that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time-from)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनान्त रूपेण अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: 'from that moment'); समासार्थः: 'तस्मिन् क्षणे' इति तत्पुरुष-समास

• समनुप्राप्तः: arrived
• समनुप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गौतमस्य: of Gautama
• गौतमस्य: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निवेशनम्: dwelling, residence
• निवेशनम्: Karma (Goal/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis: just/indeed)

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but, then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle: but/and then)

• अहिल्या: Ahalyā
• अहिल्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिल्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत-मण्डना: adorned, having done her adornment
• कृत-मण्डना: Karta (Subject attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ) + मण्डना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासार्थः: 'कृतं मण्डनं यस्याः/या' (adorned)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautama-niveśana (within Gautama-āśrama)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Instant arrival at a sage’s dwelling; Ahalyā appears adorned, suggesting a ritual or household moment poised on the edge of consequence.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Ahalyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timely action and readiness in dharmic duties are emphasized through the immediacy of events in the ṛṣi’s household.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative stream (connected with Arbuda/Abu sacred geography), though no single tīrtha is explicitly named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse sets narrative timing (arrival and Ahalyā’s adornment).