Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

इत्यादिश्य गतो वेगाद्रथेनादित्यवर्चसा । अहोरात्रद्वयेनैव संप्राप्तो नृप मन्दिरम्

Transliteration

ityādiśya gato vegādrathenādityavarcasā | ahorātradvayenaiva saṃprāpto nṛpa mandiram

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ഉപദേശിച്ച്, സൂര്യപ്രഭയാൽ ദീപ്തമായ രഥത്തിൽ വേഗത്തിൽ പുറപ്പെട്ടു; വെറും രണ്ടു പകലും രാത്രിയുംകൊണ്ട് രാജമന്ദിരത്തിലെത്തി.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ādiśya: having instructed
• ādiśya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having instructed/ordered)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle)

• vegāt: from/with speed, swiftly
• vegāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• rathena: by chariot
• rathena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ādityavarcasā: with sun-like radiance
• ādityavarcasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + varcas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग varcas-शब्दः; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (आदित्यस्य वर्चसा = sun-like radiance)

• ahorātra-dvayena: within two day-nights
• ahorātra-dvayena: Karana (Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahaḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वे अहोरात्रे)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• saṃprāptaḥ: arrived
• saṃprāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• mandiram: palace, residence
• mandiram: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed in narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharma-knowing Brahmin-sage departs after giving instructions, mounting a sun-bright chariot; the landscape blurs with speed as he reaches the king’s palace within two days and nights.

Characters & Entities

• Sārasvata
• Bhojarāja (king’s palace context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-knowledge moves swiftly to where it is needed; sacred narratives often mark sages with divine splendor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, Vastrāpathakṣetra’s greatness frames the sage’s mission and ensuing revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes travel and narrative transition.