Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

ततः शिखरमारूढां भवानीं स्कन्दमातरम् । द्रष्टुं स वामनो याति शिखरे गगनाश्रिते

Transliteration

tataḥ śikharamārūḍhāṃ bhavānīṃ skandamātaram | draṣṭuṃ sa vāmano yāti śikhare gaganāśrite

Translation

പിന്നീട് ആകാശത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നതുപോലെയുള്ള ശിഖരത്തിൽ ആരൂഢയായ ഭവാനി—സ്കന്ദമാതാവ്—യെ ദർശിക്കുവാൻ വാമനൻ ആ ശിഖരത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्-अर्थे (then/thereafter)

• शिखरम्: peak
• शिखरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद (in compound)

• आरूढाम्: having ascended (to)
• आरूढाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भवानीम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• भवानीम्: Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवानीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्कन्दमातरम्: mother of Skanda
• स्कन्दमातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्कन्दस्य माता), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘भवानीम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• द्रष्टुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ (in order to see)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वामनः’ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्ति/प्रत्यवस्थान

• वामनः: Vāmana
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शिखरे: on the peak
• शिखरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• गगनाश्रिते: situated in the sky; sky-reaching
• गगनाश्रिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (गगनम् आश्रितः/आश्रितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘शिखरे’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-śikhara Devī-darśana (Bhavānī/Skandamātā on the summit)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāmana climbs toward a summit that seems to merge with the sky; on the peak sits/stands Bhavānī, radiant and maternal, identified as Skanda’s mother, with a serene yet powerful aura.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Skanda
• Vāmana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates in darśana—approaching the Divine Mother with devotion at the sanctified summit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, especially its sky-like mountain summit associated with Bhavānī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the verse emphasizes going for darśana (sacred viewing) of the deity.