Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

कृतस्मरात्पश्चिमतो धनुषां च शतत्रये । वसामि तत्र देवेशि त्वया सह वरानने

Transliteration

kṛtasmarātpaścimato dhanuṣāṃ ca śatatraye | vasāmi tatra deveśi tvayā saha varānane

Translation

À l’ouest de Kṛtasmarā, à la distance de trois cents arcs, je demeure là, ô Souveraine des dieux, avec toi, ô belle au visage.

Word by Word

• कृतस्मरात्: from (the place called) Kṛtasmar(a)
• कृतस्मरात्: Apadana (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतस्मर (प्रातिपदिक; कृत + स्मर)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (नाम; ‘Kṛtasmar(a)’), पुंलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्

• पश्चिमतः: to the west (of)
• पश्चिमतः: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial modifier/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: दिक्-अव्ययम् (directional adverb; ablatival sense ‘to the west of’)

• धनुषाम्: of bows (as a distance measure)
• धनुषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Measure-genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (measure: ‘of bows’)

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

• शतत्रये: at/in a set of three hundred (bows)
• शतत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: द्विगु-समासः (numerical compound: ‘three hundreds’), नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वसामि: I dwell
• वसामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Spatial modifier/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• देवेशि: O queen/lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईशि/ईशी)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (‘lord of gods’ as feminine address), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• त्वया: with you/by you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्ययम् (preposition-like indeclinable indicating accompaniment; governs instrumental)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक; वर + आनना)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (‘beautiful-faced’), स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmarā (landmark) and the western Śiva-Śakti locus (unnamed here)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-map vignette: a named spot ‘Kṛtasmarā’ as a landmark; to its west, a sanctified locus where Śiva abides with Devī, indicated by paired iconography and a measured path.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Kṛtasmarā (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized: the text guides devotees with precise sacred directions, making pilgrimage a disciplined, intentional act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śiva-abode within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, described relative to the site called Kṛtasmarā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it functions as a kṣetra-navigation marker for devotees.