Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कस्माद्ब्रह्मादया देवा अस्मिंस्तीर्थे समागताः । कथं नारायणो देवः स्वयमेव समागतः

Transliteration

kasmādbrahmādayā devā asmiṃstīrthe samāgatāḥ | kathaṃ nārāyaṇo devaḥ svayameva samāgataḥ

Translation

Pour quelle raison Brahmā et les autres dieux se sont-ils assemblés en ce tīrtha ? Et comment le Seigneur Nārāyaṇa, le Deva, est-il venu ici en personne ?

Word by Word

• कस्मात्: from what (cause)?
• कस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक—हेतौ (from what cause?)

• ब्रह्मादयः: Brahmā and others
• ब्रह्मादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (brahmā-ādiḥ)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; निर्देशवाचक सर्वनाम

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• समागताः: have assembled
• समागताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थः—आगताः (have come/assembled)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• नारायणः: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समानााधिकरण (apposition to नारायणः)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive/emphatic)

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• समागतः: has come
• समागतः: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—आगतः (has come)

Speaker

Bhojarāja

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇarekhā-bhava tīrtha at Vastrāpatha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sārasvata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhojarāja asks why Brahmā and the gods gathered at this tīrtha and how Nārāyaṇa himself arrived; the scene anticipates a grand divine assembly at the riverbank/ghāṭa.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great tīrthas are portrayed as meeting-points of the gods, where divine purposes unfold for the welfare of beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa) where Brahmā and Nārāyaṇa are said to assemble.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a set of origin-questions about divine visitation.