Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गौतमः कौशिकश्चैव कुशिकश्च महातपाः । शूकरोऽथ भरद्वाजो भार्गविश्च महातपाः

Transliteration

gautamaḥ kauśikaścaiva kuśikaśca mahātapāḥ | śūkaro'tha bharadvājo bhārgaviśca mahātapāḥ

Translation

Gautama, Kauśika et Kuśika —grands ascètes— ainsi que Śūkara, Bharadvāja et Bhārgavi, tous puissants par leur tapas, (vinrent en ce lieu).

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama
• गौतमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम

• कौशिकः: Kauśika
• कौशिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — 'and'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis

• कुशिकः: Kuśika
• कुशिकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुशिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — 'and'

• महातपाः: great ascetics
• महातपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — 'great ascetics' (बहुव्रीहि: महत् तपो यस्य/येषां ते)

• शूकरः: Śūkara
• शूकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम/नामविशेष

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक) — 'then/and next'

• भरद्वाजः: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम

• भार्गविः: Bhārgavi
• भार्गविः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ऋषिनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — 'and'

• महातपाः: great ascetics
• महातपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — 'great ascetics'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Saṅgāleśvara area)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession-like arrival of ascetics—Gautama, Kauśika, Kuśika, Śūkara, Bharadvāja, Bhārgavi—walking with staffs and kamaṇḍalus toward a coastal Śiva shrine, sand and scrubland leading to temple steps.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama
• Kauśika
• Kuśika
• Śūkara
• Bharadvāja
• Bhārgavi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are sanctified by the presence and austerities (tapas) of realized sages, inspiring pilgrims toward discipline and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; the verse introduces ascetic sages associated with the site’s sanctity.