Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

ते सर्वे तत्र तिष्ठंति पर्वते तु कृतस्मरे । तेजस्विनो ब्रह्मपुत्रा ऋषयो धार्मिकाः प्रिये

Transliteration

te sarve tatra tiṣṭhaṃti parvate tu kṛtasmare | tejasvino brahmaputrā ṛṣayo dhārmikāḥ priye

Translation

ಪ್ರಿಯೇ! ಅವರು ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ‘ಕೃತಸ್ಮರ’ ಎಂಬ ಪರ್ವತದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ—ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಗಳು, ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಜನಿತರು, ಧರ್ಮನಿಷ್ಠ ಋಷಿಗಳು।

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand/remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (particle: 'but/indeed')

• कृतस्मरे: at Kṛtasmara (place-name)/in the place called Kṛtasmara
• कृतस्मरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कृतः स्मरः यस्मिन्/कृतस्मरः; ‘where remembrance is made/where memorial is established’)

• तेजस्विनः: radiant
• तेजस्विनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ऋषयः)

• ब्रह्मपुत्राः: sons of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मपुत्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• धार्मिकाः: righteous
• धार्मिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धार्मिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ऋषयः)

• प्रिये: O beloved (lady)
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; संबोधन (address)

Speaker

Deductive (Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages; 'priye' indicates an addressed listener within the frame-story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṛtasmara-parvata (within Prabhāsa)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed beloved interlocutor; likely a dialogic frame within the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Radiant Brahmā-born sages, steadfast in dharma, dwelling on the sacred mountain Kṛtasmara—an elevated hermitage with a sense of stillness and spiritual heat (tejas).

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtasmara Parvata
• Ṛṣis (Brahmaputras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place becomes a ‘living tīrtha’ when dharmic, radiant sages abide there in continuous remembrance and austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛtasmara Parvata within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; the verse establishes the sanctity of the mountain as an enduring hermitage of dharmic ṛṣis.