Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

मुक्तोऽर्बुदेन तत्रैव विवरे मुनिवाक्यतः । समस्तस्तत्रानासाग्रं गतः पर्वतसत्तमः

Transliteration

mukto'rbudena tatraiva vivare munivākyataḥ | samastastatrānāsāgraṃ gataḥ parvatasattamaḥ

Translation

ମୁନିଙ୍କ ବଚନାନୁସାରେ ସେଠାରେ ହିଁ ସେଇ ବିବରରେ ଅର୍ବୁଦ ତାକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କଲା। ତାପରେ ସେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ପର୍ବତ-ନାଗ ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ବାହାରି ଆସି ସେଇ ପଥର ମୁହାଣ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା।

Word by Word

• मुक्तः: released/freed
• मुक्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (released)

• अर्बुदेन: by Arbuda
• अर्बुदेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक

• विवरे: in the cleft/cave
• विवरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मुनिवाक्यतः: due to the sage's word/command
• मुनिवाक्यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + वाक्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनेः वाक्यं) + तसिल्/तः (ablatival)

• समस्तः: gathered/compacted
• समस्तः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+√अस् क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (assembled/collected; here: gathered/compact)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक

• आनासाग्रम्: up to the tip of the nose
• आनासाग्रम्: Adhikarana/Desha (Extent/अधिकरण-देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + नासाग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययरूपेण (adverbial) ‘नासाग्रपर्यन्तम्’ अर्थे; द्वितीया-एकवचन-रूपं क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन

• गतः: went/reached
• गतः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (gone/reached)

• पर्वतसत्तमः: the best of mountains
• पर्वतसत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सत्तमः पर्वतः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-guha (contextual cave)

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a dark cave-mouth on a mountain, a colossal serpent-like ‘mountain-best’ emerges fully, released by Arbuda at the sage’s command; the passage opens as the being reaches the entrance.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda
• Muni (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through obedience to a realized sage; the sage’s word becomes the instrument of liberation and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cavern/cleft on the Arbuda mountain-region that becomes associated with the nāga’s presence and the later Nāga-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s origin-story by highlighting the sage’s authoritative instruction.