Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तथेत्युक्त्वा शिवो देवस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ब्रह्मा ययौ मेरुशृंगं मनसः शिरसि स्थितम्

Transliteration

tathetyuktvā śivo devastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | brahmā yayau meruśṛṃgaṃ manasaḥ śirasi sthitam

Translation

“तथास्तु” असे म्हणत देव शिव तेथेच अंतर्धान पावले. मग ब्रह्मा मेरूच्या शिखरावर गेले, जे त्यांच्या मनाच्या शिरोभागी स्थित—संकल्पाने प्राप्त होते.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• iti: saying
• iti: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-निपात (quotative particle)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• śivaḥ: Śiva
• śivaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-विशेषणरूपे (appositional)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• antaradhīyata: disappeared / was concealed
• antaradhīyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antar + √dhā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• meru-śṛṅgam: Meru’s peak
• meru-śṛṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meru (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (meroḥ śṛṅgam)

• manasaḥ: of the mind
• manasaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• śirasi: on the head
• śirasi: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; meru-śṛṅgam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brahmā
• Meru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s presence is sovereign—appearing and disappearing at will; seekers must proceed with resolve toward tapas and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While Meru is referenced cosmologically, the narrative functions within the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly; it sets the stage for Brahmā’s tapas in the next verse.