Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

वयं मुष्टा यतो विप्र मूलस्थाने पुरा स्थिताः । मूलस्थानेति वै नाम लोके ख्यातिं गमिष्यति

Transliteration

vayaṃ muṣṭā yato vipra mūlasthāne purā sthitāḥ | mūlasthāneti vai nāma loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati

Translation

ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນ, ເນື່ອງຈາກພວກເຮົາເຄີຍປະທັບຢູ່ໃນ «ມູລະສະຖານ» ໃນກ່ອນ ພວກເຮົາຈຶ່ງຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ «ມຸສະຖາ». ແທ້ຈິງແລ້ວ ຊື່ «ມູລະສະຖານ» ຈະໂດ່ງດັງໃນໂລກ.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• मुष्टाः: fist-sized/compact (as a group)
• मुष्टाः: Karta-anvaya (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (वयम्)

• यतः: because/since
• यतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal adverb/conjunction)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचनम्

• मूलस्थाने: in the root-place
• मूलस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (मूलस्य स्थानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Time/काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम्

• स्थिताः: were staying
• स्थिताः: Karta (Predicate to subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचनम्; ‘वयम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मूलस्थाने: ‘Mūlasthāna’
• मूलस्थाने: Sambandha (Name/Designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचनम् (नामरूपेण)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-निपात (quotative)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देशक निपात (name-indicator)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Sphere/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

• गमिष्यति: will attain
• गमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (a collective ‘we’—likely local beings/guardians/attendants explaining the toponym)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlasthāna

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra (brāhmaṇa addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of attendant beings or a clan of guardians indicates they were once stationed at Mūlasthāna; the scene shows them near a riverbank shrine, pointing to the ‘root-place’ marker as the name spreads among people.

Characters & Entities

• Mūlasthāna
• Muṣṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is preserved through remembered presence—names carry the history of holiness and become vehicles of devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mūlasthāna, a named sacred locale associated with the Devikā-taṭa tīrtha context in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains the origin and future fame of the place-name ‘Mūlasthāna’.