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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सारस्वत उवाच । वस्त्रापथे महाक्षेत्रे नगरे वामने पुरा । पुत्रशोकाभिसंतप्तो वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः

Transliteration

sārasvata uvāca | vastrāpathe mahākṣetre nagare vāmane purā | putraśokābhisaṃtapto vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

Translation

Sārasvata dit : Jadis, dans la cité nommée Vāmana, au sein du grand kṣetra sacré de Vastrāpatha, le bienheureux ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha, consumé par le chagrin pour son fils, (y arriva).

Word by Word
सारस्वतःSārasvata (the sage)
सारस्वतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्
वस्त्रापथेin Vastrāpatha
वस्त्रापथे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्रापथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
महाक्षेत्रेin the great sacred field
महाक्षेत्रे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमासः (महच्च तत् क्षेत्रम्), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
नगरेin the city
नगरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनगर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
वामनेin (the place called) Vāmana
वामने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवामन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)
पुत्रशोक-अभिसंतप्तःtormented by grief for (his) son
पुत्रशोक-अभिसंतप्तः:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि-√तप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुषसमासः (पुत्रस्य शोकः; तेन अभिसंतप्तः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Singular)
वसिष्ठःVasiṣṭha
वसिष्ठः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
भगवान्venerable; blessed
भगवान्:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ऋषिःsage
ऋषिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-mahākṣetra (Vāmana-nagara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sārasvata narrates: Vasiṣṭha, burdened by grief for his son, enters Vāmana city within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, seeking a place for austerity.

Characters & Entities
S
Sārasvata
V
Vastrāpatha
V
Vāmana (city)
V
Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

Even great sages turn to sacred places in times of grief, showing tīrthas as refuges for healing and transformation.

Vastrāpatha Mahākṣetra, specifically the city named Vāmana.

No direct rite is prescribed here; it introduces the narrative setting for subsequent tapas and divine encounter.

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