Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

ततश्चार्बुदमासाद्य वेष्टयित्वा स दूरतः । संमितैः सचिवैः सार्धं तदंतिकमुपाद्रवत्

Transliteration

tataścārbudamāsādya veṣṭayitvā sa dūrataḥ | saṃmitaiḥ sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ tadaṃtikamupādravat

Translation

ನಂತರ ಅವನು ಅರ್ಬುದವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿ ದೂರದಿಂದಲೇ ಆ ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವರಿದನು; ಆಯ್ದ ಸಚಿವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿ ಅವಳ ಸಮೀಪಕ್ಕೆ ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಧಾವಿಸಿದನು.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• arbudam: Arbuda (mountain/region)
• arbudam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached/approached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• veṣṭayitvā: having surrounded/encircled
• veṣṭayitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √veṣṭ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘to encircle’)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dūrataḥ: from a distance
• dūrataḥ: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūrataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: from afar)

• saṃmitaiḥ: measured/selected; trusted
• saṃmitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃmita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘सम्यक् मित/नियत’

• sacivaiḥ: with ministers
• sacivaiḥ: Sahakārī (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saciva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahārtha (Comitative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—सह (postposition/adverb: together with)

• tad-antikam: to its vicinity; near it
• tad-antikam: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—तस्य अन्तिकम्

• upādravat: ran up; rushed
• upādravat: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√drav (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa → Arbuda-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fortified encampment ringed at a distance around Arbuda’s foothills; the king with a small circle of ministers breaks away from the massed army and moves toward the inner sacred vicinity.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked desire and aggression begin with encirclement and control; dharma warns against approaching the divine through force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda—presented as a sacred mountain-region whose sanctity frames the episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative setup describing an approach to the sacred locale.