Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

दुर्वासाश्चापि भगवानात्रेयो मुनिसत्तमः । अटंस्तीर्थानि मोक्षार्थं मुक्तिक्षेत्रमचिंतयत्

Transliteration

durvāsāścāpi bhagavānātreyo munisattamaḥ | aṭaṃstīrthāni mokṣārthaṃ muktikṣetramaciṃtayat

Translation

Também Durvāsā — venerável, filho de Atri, o melhor entre os sábios — peregrinava pelos tīrtha em busca de mokṣa e contemplava um kṣetra de libertação, um mukti-kṣetra.

Word by Word

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = masculine, nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• भगवान्: the venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = masculine, nominative singular

• आत्रेयः: Ātreya (descendant of Atri)
• आत्रेयः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्रेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = masculine, nominative singular

• मुनिसत्तमः: best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = masculine, nominative singular

• अटन्: wandering
• अटन्: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अट् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = present active participle, masculine nominative singular

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन = neuter, accusative plural

• मोक्षार्थम्: for liberation
• मोक्षार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/उद्देश्यवाचक (मोक्षाय अर्थः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = neuter, accusative singular (adverbial purpose)

• मुक्तिक्षेत्रम्: the field/place of liberation
• मुक्तिक्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुक्तेः क्षेत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = neuter, accusative singular

• अचिन्तयत्: he thought/considered
• अचिन्तयत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = imperfect, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Prahlāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukti-kṣetra (contemplated; contextually pointing toward Dvārakā/Prabhāsa in this māhātmya arc)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, austere and radiant, wanders from tīrtha to tīrtha seeking mokṣa, pausing in meditation on a mukti-kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Atri (Ātreya lineage)
• Tīrthas
• Mukti-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) and discernment of a true mukti-kṣetra are upheld as legitimate paths supporting liberation-oriented life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse signals the search for a mukti-kṣetra; the immediate Dvārakā Māhātmya setting implies the narrative will connect this search to the sacred geography of western India (Dvārakā/Prabhāsa region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it commends tīrtha-yātrā undertaken with mokṣa-intent.