Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

ध्रुवे बद्धा ग्रहाः सर्वे य एतेऽप्युडवः स्थिताः । ते सर्वे विष्णुवचसा न पतंति धरातले

Transliteration

dhruve baddhā grahāḥ sarve ya ete'pyuḍavaḥ sthitāḥ | te sarve viṣṇuvacasā na pataṃti dharātale

Translation

Toutes les planètes, et même ces étoiles qui demeurent immobiles, sont liées à Dhruva ; par l’ordre de Viṣṇu, elles ne tombent pas sur la terre.

Word by Word

• dhruve: in/at the Pole (Dhruva)
• dhruve: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• baddhāḥ: bound, fastened
• baddhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandh (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• grahāḥ: planets
• grahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ye: who/which
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural), सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• uḍavaḥ: stars/constellations
• uḍavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + aṇ (प्रत्यय) → uḍava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sthitāḥ: situated
• sthitāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• viṣṇu-vacasā: by Vishnu's command/word
• viṣṇu-vacasā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विष्णोः वचसा’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• patanti: fall
• patanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

• dharātale: on the surface of the earth
• dharātale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā-tala (प्रातिपदिक; dharā + tala)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘धरायाः तलम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Prahlāda (contextual inference)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhruva as a radiant pole-star at the top of the sky, with planets and constellations tethered by golden threads; an unseen Viṣṇu presence signifies the commanding will.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruva
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is upheld by divine ordinance; stability in the universe reflects the Lord’s sustaining power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa), the sacred locale is framed through a vision of universal order governed by Viṣṇu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is doctrinal/cosmological rather than ritualistic.