Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

तत्र देवीं च संदृष्ट्वा तीर्थयात्रापरायणः । त्रिविष्टपमनुप्राप्तो महिषो यत्र तिष्ठति

Transliteration

tatra devīṃ ca saṃdṛṣṭvā tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ | triviṣṭapamanuprāpto mahiṣo yatra tiṣṭhati

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ଦେବୀଙ୍କୁ ଦର୍ଶନ କରି, ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରାପରାୟଣ ସେ ତ୍ରିବିଷ୍ଟପ (ସ୍ୱର୍ଗ)କୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହେଲା, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ମହିଷ ରହିଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• देवीम्: the Goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• संदृष्ट्वा: having seen
• संदृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → सं + दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• तीर्थयात्रापरायणः: devoted to pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रापरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीर्थ-यात्रा-परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तीर्थयात्रायां परायणः); पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular); कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्

• त्रिविष्टपम्: Triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (Accusative, Singular)

• अनुप्राप्तः: having reached
• अनुप्राप्तः: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) → अनु + प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular); कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्

• महिषः: the buffalo (demon)
• महिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (Nominative, Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pulastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-Devī-darśana tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-devotee beholds the Goddess at a sacred spot in Arbuda; the scene transitions to a luminous celestial pathway toward Triviṣṭapa, with the distant figure of Mahiṣa stationed in a heavenly precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Nārada (implied as the traveler)
• Triviṣṭapa
• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a dharmic orientation—moving through sacred spaces while witnessing and participating in divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse explicitly highlights the ideal of tīrtha-yātrā and situates the action in the Arbuda frame, while also referencing Triviṣṭapa as a cosmic ‘place’ in Purāṇic geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on tīrtha-yātrā as a devotional-dharmic practice.