Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्र शर्यातिना दत्ता सुकन्या सा महर्षये । यत्र संस्तंभितं सैन्यमानाहार्त्तमथाकरोत्

Transliteration

yatra śaryātinā dattā sukanyā sā maharṣaye | yatra saṃstaṃbhitaṃ sainyamānāhārttamathākarot

Translation

ഇത് ശർയാതി രാജാവ് സുകന്യയെ മഹർഷിക്കു കന്യാദാനമായി നൽകിയ സ്ഥലം; കൂടാതെ സൈന്യം തടയപ്പെട്ട ശേഷം ആക്രമണത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പിന്മാറിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ട സ്ഥലവും ഇതുതന്നെ।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: 'where')

• शर्यातिना: by Śaryāti
• शर्यातिना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• दत्ता: given
• दत्ता: Karma (Object in passive construction/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with 'सुकन्या'

• सुकन्या: Sukanyā
• सुकन्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• महर्षये: to the great sage
• महर्षये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Dative singular

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

• संस्तंभितम्: restrained, immobilized
• संस्तंभितम्: Karma (Object affected/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु) + सम्- (उपसर्ग) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with 'सैन्यम्'

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nominative/Accusative singular

• अनाहार्त्तम्: unassailable, not to be seized
• अनाहार्त्तम्: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- (निषेध) + आहार्त (प्रातिपदिक; √हृ 'to take' with ā-; 'to be taken/obtained')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'सैन्यम्'); 'not to be taken/overcome'

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: 'then')

• अकरोत्: did, made
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cyavaneśvara/Śaryāti-yajña-deśa (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal scene: King Śaryāti offers Sukanyā’s hand to the aged sage Cyavana near a forest-hermitage by the sacred coast; in another vignette, a halted army stands with lowered weapons, as an unseen spiritual force compels restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Śaryāti
• Sukanyā
• Mahārṣi (Cyavana implied)
• Army (sainya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are remembered through dhārmic history—marriage alliances, sage-honor, and restraint of violence become markers of sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cyavaneśvara area within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, associated with Śaryāti, Sukanyā, and the sage Cyavana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it provides the site’s identifying legend (sthāna-nidāna).