Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

देवस्याग्रे सदा स्थेयं यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्द्दश । एवमस्त्विति तं प्रोच्य तथा चक्रे हरिस्तदा

Transliteration

devasyāgre sadā stheyaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturddaśa | evamastviti taṃ procya tathā cakre haristadā

Translation

“Hendaklah engkau sentiasa berdiri di hadapan Dewa—selama empat belas Indra masih berlanjutan.” Setelah berkata kepadanya, “Demikianlah,” Hari pun melakukan seperti itu ketika itu juga.

Word by Word

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• agre: in front
• agre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• stheyam: should remain/stand
• stheyam: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) → stheya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be stood/should remain)

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिपर्यन्तार्थक (until/as long as)

• indrāḥ: Indras
• indrāḥ: Karta (Subject of implied 'are'/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• caturdaśa: fourteen
• caturdaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण; प्रथमा, बहुवचनार्थे (qualifying indrāḥ)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Assent/आशीर्वाद-आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• procya: having said
• procya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra+vac (धातु) → procya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund)

• tathā: accordingly
• tathā: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (so/accordingly)

• cakre: did/made
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Sārasvata

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (within Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee receives a divine injunction to remain stationed before the deity; Hari assents and establishes the attendant’s perpetual post at the shrine threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Narasiṃha (implied as Hari’s form)
• Deva (the temple deity)
• Fourteen Indras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine promises in a tīrtha context are enduring—measured in cosmic time—and ensure stable protection for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra, portrayed as having a lasting divine guardianship stationed before the Deity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The establishment of a permanent protective presence before the Deity (devasya agre sadā stheyaṃ), functioning as an ongoing safeguard for the tīrtha.