Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततः कथावसाने च कस्मिंश्चित्कारणांतरे । वासुदेवः पांडुसुतमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tataḥ kathāvasāne ca kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare | vāsudevaḥ pāṃḍusutamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Translation

അനന്തരം സംഭാഷണം അവസാനിച്ചപ്പോൾ, ഏതോ പ്രത്യേക കാരണത്താൽ ഉണ്ടായ ഒരു അവസരത്തിൽ, വാസുദേവൻ പാണ്ഡുപുത്രനോട് ഈ വചനങ്ങൾ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरवाचक अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• कथा-अवसाने: at the end of the story/conversation
• कथा-अवसाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कथायाः अवसानम्)

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

• कस्मिंश्चित्: in some
• कस्मिंश्चित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कस्मिन् (किम्-प्रश्न/अनिश्चित सर्वनाम) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Indefinite pronoun, Locative, Singular

• कारण-अन्तरे: on another occasion/for another reason
• कारण-अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कारणस्य अन्तरम् = another reason/occasion)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डु-सुतम्: the son of Pāṇḍu (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• पाण्डु-सुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पाण्डोः सुतः)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Pronoun, Neuter, Accusative, Singular; विशेषण (वचनस्य)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (ब्रूञ् वचने)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages; internal scene: Vāsudeva addressing a son of Pāṇḍu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm pause after sacred narration in Prabhāsa; Vāsudeva turns toward a Pāṇḍava to speak, signaling a boon-dialogue about to unfold.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍusuta (a Pāṇḍava)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred settings frame dharmic instruction: counsel given at a tīrtha carries moral weight and guides right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the sacred backdrop for the ensuing instruction by Vāsudeva.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a forthcoming teaching or directive within the tīrtha narrative.