Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सा सखीभिः परिवृता सर्वाभरणभूषिता । चंक्रम्यमाणा वल्मीकं भार्गवस्य समासदत्

Transliteration

sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | caṃkramyamāṇā valmīkaṃ bhārgavasya samāsadat

Translation

Entourée de ses compagnes et parée de tous les ornements, elle erra çà et là et parvint à la termitière du Bhārgava.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सखीभिः: by/with (her) female friends
• सखीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• परिवृता: surrounded
• परिवृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे) (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: adorned with all ornaments
• सर्वाभरणभूषिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + आभरण + भूषित (√भूष् अलङ्कारे) (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष) = सर्वैः आभरणैः भूषिता (adorned with all ornaments)

• चंक्रम्यमाणा: walking about
• चंक्रम्यमाणा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चंक्रम् (धातु, गत्यर्थक-देश्य) (कृदन्त-शानच्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• वल्मीकम्: an anthill
• वल्मीकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्मीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• भार्गवस्य: of Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• समासदत्: approached, came near
• समासदत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (षदॢँ विशरणगत्यवसादने)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Bhārgava-valmīka spot)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya / tīrtha-inquirers (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A richly adorned maiden with companions strolls through a coastal-forest grove of Prabhāsa; ahead lies an ancient anthill associated with Bhārgava’s hermitage, suggesting concealed sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Sukanyā
• Cyavana (Bhārgava)
• Valmīka (anthill)
• Prabhāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Providential encounters in tīrthas link worldly life to ascetic merit, setting the stage for dharmic transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where the pivotal meeting with the Bhārgava ascetic (within the valmīka) occurs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the approach to the ascetic’s place of tapas rather than a formal rite.