Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्कारणाद्विप्राः कुरुध्वं वचनं मम । गृह्णीध्वं नगरं रम्यं निवासाय महाप्रभम्

Transliteration

etasmātkāraṇādviprāḥ kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ mama | gṛhṇīdhvaṃ nagaraṃ ramyaṃ nivāsāya mahāprabham

Translation

Pour cette raison, ô Brāhmaṇas, suivez ma parole : recevez cette cité charmante, d’un éclat suprême, pour y établir votre demeure.

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कारणात्: from the reason/cause
• कारणात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि प्रयोगः

• कुरुध्वम्: do/perform
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचनम्: word/command
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गृह्णीध्वम्: accept/take
• गृह्णीध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नगरम्: city
• नगरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रम्यम्: beautiful
• रम्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नगरम्)

• निवासाय: for dwelling/residence
• निवासाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• महाप्रभम्: very splendid/mighty
• महाप्रभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक; महा + प्रभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (नगरम्)—‘महान् प्रभः/प्रभावः यस्य’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa-sages (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred city near the sea; a divine figure addresses assembled brāhmaṇa-sages, inviting them to accept residence and establish dharma in the splendid nagara.

Characters & Entities

• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)
• Nagara (city at/near Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Choose a dharmic environment and community; residence in a sacred place supports higher spiritual aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra and its sacred city/settlement, recommended as a residence for spiritual practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to settle/dwell in the sacred city, which frames the subsequent ritual duties.