Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अब्रवीदत्र मे नित्यं सानिध्यं च भविष्यति

Transliteration

abravīdatra me nityaṃ sānidhyaṃ ca bhaviṣyati

Translation

Il déclara : « Ici, assurément, ma présence demeurera à jamais. »

Word by Word

• abravīt: said, spoke
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• me: my, of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); ‘of me/my’

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): always, continually

• sānidhyam: presence, proximity
• sānidhyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānnidhya/sānidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): and

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Siddheśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s vow of eternal presence: the Siddheśvara liṅga radiates a steady, timeless aura; pilgrims across ages appear faintly in layered time, indicating perpetual sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Siddheśvara (implied sacred presence)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes a living locus of grace when the deity vows perpetual presence there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Siddheśvara’s sacred area in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, affirmed as a place of Śiva’s constant sannidhāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse establishes the theological basis for worship there—Śiva’s promised abiding presence.