Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

अस्मिंश्चाहं सदा देवाः स्थास्यामि वरपर्वते

Transliteration

asmiṃścāhaṃ sadā devāḥ sthāsyāmi varaparvate

Translation

ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਦੇਵੋ, ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਇਸ ਉੱਤਮ ਵਰਪਰਵਤ ਪਹਾੜ ਉੱਤੇ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਨਿਵਾਸ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।

Word by Word

• asmin: in this (place)
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• devāḥ: O gods
• devāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे (vocative sense)

• sthāsyāmi: I will stay
• sthāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vara-parvate: on the excellent mountain
• vara-parvate: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (वर प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (पर्वत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—कर्मधारय (वरः पर्वतः); पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devī (Parameśvarī/Maheśānī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varaparvata (Arbuda region)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant goddess (or divine presence) declaring eternal residence atop a serene, auspicious mountain; gods assembled in reverent attention; the mountain rendered as a sacred peak with hermitage groves.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Devāḥ
• Varaparvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tirtha’s greatness rests in divine presence—permanent abode makes the land a continuing refuge for devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Varaparvata in Arbuda-khaṇḍa (Arbuda region), declared as the Goddess’s eternal dwelling-place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse functions as a sanctifying proclamation (nivāsa-saṅkalpa) for the mountain-site.