Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवमास्ते यदा विप्रो वामनो भवसन्निधौ । गगनादवतीर्णं तं तदा पश्यति नारदम्

Transliteration

evamāste yadā vipro vāmano bhavasannidhau | gaganādavatīrṇaṃ taṃ tadā paśyati nāradam

Translation

Tandis que le brāhmane Vāmana demeurait ainsi, en la présence de Bhava (Śiva), il vit alors Nārada descendre du ciel.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• आस्ते: remains/sits
• आस्ते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; धातु: आस् (to sit/remain)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal conjunction/adverb: when)

• विप्रः: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विप्रस्य विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध (apposition)

• भव-सन्निधौ: in the presence of Bhava (Śiva)
• भव-सन्निधौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: भवस्य सन्निधिः (in the presence of Bhava/Śiva)

• गगनात्: from the sky
• गगनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• अवतीर्णम्: descended
• अवतीर्णम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु) → अवतीर्ण (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘descended’—‘तम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: दृश् (to see)

• नारदम्: Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka-group (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana the brāhmaṇa sits in meditation near a Śiva shrine; above, Nārada descends from the sky with vīṇā, trailing a faint celestial glow; the moment is quiet yet wondrous.

Characters & Entities

• Vāmana
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady presence near Śiva and sustained practice attracts saintly association and divine encounters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra is shown as a Śiva-sannidhi where sages like Nārada appear.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is stated; the emphasis is on remaining in Śiva’s presence with meditative steadiness.