Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ततोऽप्यंतर्हिता भूत्वा संप्राप्ता तु मनोरमम् । सानुं मदनसंज्ञं तु क्षेत्रं सिद्धनिषेवितम्

Transliteration

tato'pyaṃtarhitā bhūtvā saṃprāptā tu manoramam | sānuṃ madanasaṃjñaṃ tu kṣetraṃ siddhaniṣevitam

Translation

Puis, redevenant invisible, elle parvint à un lieu charmant : la pente nommée Madana, un kṣetra sacré fréquenté et honoré par les siddhas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Temporal (Source/then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थक-देश/कालवाचक (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• अपि: also, further
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• अन्तर्हिता: having become hidden
• अन्तर्हिता: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हि (धातु/भाव) → अन्तर्हित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• संप्राप्ता: reached
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used as finite predicate, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• मनोरमम्: beautiful, delightful
• मनोरमम्: Visheshana (Adjective of सानुम्/क्षेत्रम् understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सानुम्: a ridge, plateau, summit-slope
• सानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मदनसंज्ञम्: named ‘Madana’
• मदनसंज्ञम्: Visheshana (Adjective of क्षेत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मदन इति संज्ञा यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred region, field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिद्धनिषेवितम्: frequented by siddhas
• सिद्धनिषेवितम्: Visheshana (Adjective of क्षेत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित (कृदन्त; नि+सेव् धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सिद्धैः निषेवितम्), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narrative style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madana-sānu-kṣetra

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A verdant hillside slope labeled ‘Madana’, with ethereal siddhas in the air and among trees; the traveling divine presence becomes invisible and reappears at the slope’s edge.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Madana (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are not merely scenic; they are ‘siddha-niṣevita’—charged by the presence and practice of perfected beings, making the kṣetra spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred slope (sānu) named Madana within the wider Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it situates the narrative in a sanctified location revered by siddhas.