Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्याश्रमसमीपतः । सप्तर्षयः समायातास्तीर्थयात्रापरायणाः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tasyāśramasamīpataḥ | saptarṣayaḥ samāyātāstīrthayātrāparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

Au bout d’un certain temps, près de cet āśrama, arrivèrent les Sept Ṛṣis, entièrement voués au pèlerinage des tīrthas sacrés.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite: ‘of some’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/now)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• तस्य: of his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आश्रमसमीपतः: from near the hermitage
• आश्रमसमीपतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आश्रम + समीपतः (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-निबद्ध)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘from near the hermitage’)

• सप्तर्षयः: the seven sages
• सप्तर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• समायाताः: having arrived
• समायाताः: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु) + क्त (कृत्) → समायात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृत्-प्रत्यय (past participle)

• तीर्थयात्रापरायणाः: devoted to pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रापरायणाः: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ + यात्रा + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (pārthiva) within the embedded tale; ultimately the Naimiṣāraṇya audience in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seven radiant sages arrive near a quiet hermitage, carrying kamaṇḍalus and staffs, dust of travel on their feet, faces serene with tapas; the hermitage landscape welcomes them.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Seven Sages (Saptarṣi)
• āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the greatest sages honor tīrtha-yātrā, teaching that sacred travel can be a disciplined path of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse broadly praises tīrtha-yātrā; the specific tīrtha names are not given in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is detailed; the practice commended is tīrtha-yātrā itself—pilgrimage undertaken with spiritual intent.