Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एवं विलपतस्तस्य बहुधा नृपसत्तम । बालश्चाभ्यागतस्तत्र यत्र देशे पुरा स्थितः

Transliteration

evaṃ vilapatastasya bahudhā nṛpasattama | bālaścābhyāgatastatra yatra deśe purā sthitaḥ

Translation

Tatkala dia meratap dengan pelbagai cara, wahai raja yang utama, budak itu pun kembali ke sana—ke tempat yang dahulu dia pernah tinggal.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: ‘thus’)

• विलपतस्: of (him) lamenting
• विलपतस्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-lap (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘of (him) lamenting’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahudhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; बहुप्रकारे (in many ways)

• नृपसत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपाणां सत्तमः)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभ्यागतः: arrived
• अभ्यागतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि: ‘has arrived’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: ‘where’)

• देशे: in the place
• देशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘formerly’)

• स्थितः: was staying
• स्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was staying/stood’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king; frame-story listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grieving noble laments; in the same landscape the boy reappears at the earlier dwelling-place, signaling the turning point from sorrow to reunion.

Characters & Entities

• King (listener, implied)
• the boy (bālaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Despair is not final in Purāṇic storytelling; divine arrangements often turn lament into reunion and renewed dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points generally to the Arbuda region setting, without naming a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the turning point of the story—return and reunion.