Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

ततोऽप्यंतर्हिता भूत्वा संप्राप्ता तु मनोरमम् । सानुं मदनसंज्ञं तु क्षेत्रं सिद्धनिषेवितम्

Transliteration

tato'pyaṃtarhitā bhūtvā saṃprāptā tu manoramam | sānuṃ madanasaṃjñaṃ tu kṣetraṃ siddhaniṣevitam

Translation

Kemudian, setelah lenyap sekali lagi, dia tiba di tempat yang indah—lereng bernama Madana—sebuah kṣetra suci yang sering diziarahi dan dipuja oleh para siddha.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, from there
• ततः: Apadana/Temporal (Source/then)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थक-देश/कालवाचक (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• अपि: also, further
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• अन्तर्हिता: having become hidden
• अन्तर्हिता: Kriya (Predicative participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हि (धातु/भाव) → अन्तर्हित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• संप्राप्ता: reached
• संप्राप्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) used as finite predicate, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• मनोरमम्: beautiful, delightful
• मनोरमम्: Visheshana (Adjective of सानुम्/क्षेत्रम् understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोरम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सानुम्: a ridge, plateau, summit-slope
• सानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मदनसंज्ञम्: named ‘Madana’
• मदनसंज्ञम्: Visheshana (Adjective of क्षेत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदन (प्रातिपदिक) + संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मदन इति संज्ञा यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (Particle)

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred region, field
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिद्धनिषेवितम्: frequented by siddhas
• सिद्धनिषेवितम्: Visheshana (Adjective of क्षेत्रम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + निषेवित (कृदन्त; नि+सेव् धातु, क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सिद्धैः निषेवितम्), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narrative style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madana-sānu-kṣetra

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A verdant hillside slope labeled ‘Madana’, with ethereal siddhas in the air and among trees; the traveling divine presence becomes invisible and reappears at the slope’s edge.

Characters & Entities

• Siddhas
• Madana (place-name)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are not merely scenic; they are ‘siddha-niṣevita’—charged by the presence and practice of perfected beings, making the kṣetra spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred slope (sānu) named Madana within the wider Prabhāsa-kṣetra sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed in this verse; it situates the narrative in a sanctified location revered by siddhas.