Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

यत्र काकगृहं वै स्यादारामे वा गृहेऽपि वा । भिक्षुबिंबं च वै यत्र गृहे दक्षिणके तथा

Transliteration

yatra kākagṛhaṃ vai syādārāme vā gṛhe'pi vā | bhikṣubiṃbaṃ ca vai yatra gṛhe dakṣiṇake tathā

Translation

എവിടെ ‘കാകഗൃഹം’ (കാക്കകളുടെ ആശ്രയം) തോട്ടത്തിലോ വീട്ടിനുള്ളിലോ ഉണ്ടാകുകയും, കൂടാതെ വീട്ടിന്റെ തെക്കുഭാഗത്ത് ഭിക്ഷു-ബിംബം (ഭിക്ഷുക്കന്റെ പ്രതീകം/പ്രതിമ) ഉണ്ടായിരിക്കുകയുമുണ്ടോ—

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• काकगृहम्: a crow’s nest/house
• काकगृहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक + गृह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; काकस्य गृहं (crow-house/nest)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (indeed)

• स्यात्: may be; would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• आरामे: in a garden
• आरामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (also/even)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• भिक्षुबिम्बम्: bhikṣubiṃba (a plant)
• भिक्षुबिम्बम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन; भिक्षोः बिम्बम् (beggar’s gourd; plant-name)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (and)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (indeed)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (where)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दक्षिणके: in the southern/right-side (part)
• दक्षिणके: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying gṛhe: in the southern/right-side part)

• तथा: likewise; thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A house or garden corner showing a small ‘crow-house’ structure and a beggar-effigy placed on the southern side, with an uneasy atmosphere and watchful crows; the scene suggests an inauspicious omen.

Characters & Entities

• Kāka (crow)
• Dakṣiṇa (south)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Certain household signs are treated as indicators of subtle disturbance; dharma recommends awareness and corrective spiritual practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the māhātmya teaches purity and protection through dharmic living.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse itself lists signs; the implied remedy in the surrounding context is devotion, worship, and regular sacred practice (expanded in subsequent verses).