Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

एवं तत्र महादेवि मार्कण्डेयेश सन्निधौ । ऋषीणामाश्रमा येऽत्र दृश्यन्तेऽद्यापि भामिनि

Transliteration

evaṃ tatra mahādevi mārkaṇḍeyeśa sannidhau | ṛṣīṇāmāśramā ye'tra dṛśyante'dyāpi bhāmini

Translation

ಓ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ! ಮಾರ್ಕಂಡೇಯೇಶ್ವರನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಋಷಿಗಳ ಆಶ್ರಮಗಳು, ಓ ಭಾಮಿನಿ, ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತವೆ।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus/in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• महादेवि: O Mahādevī
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मार्कण्डेय-ईश: near/at Mārkaṇḍeyeśa (Lord of Mārkaṇḍeya)
• मार्कण्डेय-ईश: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सन्निधौ: in the presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ऋषीणाम्: of sages
• ऋषीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• आश्रमाः: hermitages
• आश्रमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ये: which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/appear
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• अद्यापि: even today/still now
• अद्यापि: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• भामिनि: O radiant lady
• भामिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mārkaṇḍeyeśa-sannidhi (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Mahādevī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic view near Mārkaṇḍeyeśa: forested hermitages with thatched huts, smoke from sacrificial fires, sages moving calmly; the narrator points out that these are visible even now.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeyeśa
• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places preserve the living memory of sages; proximity to a Śiva-tīrtha sanctifies the landscape and the seeker alike.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the vicinity of the Mārkaṇḍeyeśvara shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights darśana of the enduring ṛṣi-āśramas near Mārkaṇḍeyeśa.