Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

वासुदेवप्रसादेन तत्स्थानं जातमद्भुतम् । तद्धि गुह्यतमं स्थानं वासुदेवस्य सुव्रत

Transliteration

vāsudevaprasādena tatsthānaṃ jātamadbhutam | taddhi guhyatamaṃ sthānaṃ vāsudevasya suvrata

Translation

വാസുദേവന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ ആ സ്ഥലം നിശ്ചയമായും അത്ഭുതമായി. ഹേ സുവ്രതാ! അതു വാസുദേവന്റെ പരമ ഗുഹ്യവും പരമ പാവനവുമായ ധാമമാണ്.

Word by Word

• vāsudeva-prasādena: by the grace of Vasudeva
• vāsudeva-prasādena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक) + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: वासुदेवस्य प्रसादः

• tat-sthānam: that place
• tat-sthānam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: तत्-स्थानम्

• jātam: became
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘जातम्’ = ‘became/was born’

• adbhutam: wonderful
• adbhutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (tat-sthānam इति)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; वाक्योपक्रमे ‘तत्’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/हेतुबोधक particle)

• guhyatamam: most secret
• guhyatamam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक) + tama (तद्धित/प्रत्यय superlative)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अतिशय (superlative)

• sthānam: place
• sthānam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vāsudevasya: of Vasudeva
• vāsudevasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• suvrata: O man of good vows
• suvrata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: सु + व्रत (श्रेष्ठव्रतधारिन्)

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Vāsudeva-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sacred precinct of Ayodhyā revealed as ‘guhyatama’—Vāsudeva’s unseen presence sanctifying the city; sages perceive a subtle halo over ghāṭs and temples.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Ayodhyā (implied)
• Candrahari (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place becomes spiritually potent through divine grace; its hidden sanctity is revealed to the devoted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wondrous, ‘most secret’ place associated with Vāsudeva in Ayodhyā (Candrahari’s locale).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed here; it emphasizes the sanctity of the place as a result of Vāsudeva’s grace.