Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अद्यापि देवताखातं त्रैलोक्ये ख्यातिमागतम् । तत्र व्रतपराः सर्वे पत्रमूलफलाशिनः

Transliteration

adyāpi devatākhātaṃ trailokye khyātimāgatam | tatra vrataparāḥ sarve patramūlaphalāśinaḥ

Translation

आज भी वह स्थान देवताओं का कहा जाता है और त्रैलोक्य में प्रसिद्ध है। वहाँ सब व्रत-परायण होकर पत्ते, मूल और फल का ही आहार करते थे।

Word by Word

• adya-api: even today
• adya-api: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-द्वय (कालवाचक + अपि)

• devatā-akhātam: dug by the gods
• devatā-akhātam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + khāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवताभिः/देवतायाः खातम् = dug by deities)

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः)

• khyātim: fame
• khyātim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khyāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āgatam: having attained/come to
• āgatam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (कhyātim āgatam = having attained fame)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• vrata-parāḥ: devoted to vows
• vrata-parāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (व्रते पराः = devoted to vows)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• patra-mūla-phala-āśinaḥ: eating leaves, roots, and fruits
• patra-mūla-phala-āśinaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक) + mūla (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + āśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (पत्रमूलफलानि अश्नन्ति = leaf-root-fruit eaters)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (devatā-khāta)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mountain-tract revered as ‘place of the gods’: clusters of ascetics in bark/cloth, living on leaves, roots, and fruits; quiet groves, small huts, deer and peacocks, distant shrine silhouettes.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Arbuda sacred region (implied)
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place becomes ‘famous in the three worlds’ through sustained vrata and tapas; renunciation and disciplined living are portrayed as engines of divine help.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The devas’ famed retreat on Arbuda mountain, celebrated as devatā-khāta (known as a place of the gods).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vrata-based austerity with a simple tapas diet—patra-mūla-phala (leaves, roots, fruits).