Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच । तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा संचिंत्य सुचिरं तदा । मुक्त्वा स्वे पादुके तत्र कृत्वा चाश्मसमुद्भवे । देवानुवाच राजेंद्र सर्वानर्त्तिमुपागतान्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca | teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃciṃtya suciraṃ tadā | muktvā sve pāduke tatra kṛtvā cāśmasamudbhave | devānuvāca rājeṃdra sarvānarttimupāgatān

Translation

Пуластья сказал: Услышав их слова, она долго размышляла. Затем, оставив там свои сандалии и возложив их на пьедестал, рожденный из камня, она обратилась к богам, о царь, — ко всем, пришедшим в бедствии.

Word by Word

• पुलस्त्यः: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular; proper name)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (Genitive plural; of them)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter accusative singular; that)

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having heard’ (Absolutive)

• संचिन्त्य: having pondered
• संचिन्त्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having reflected’ (Absolutive)

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण; द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण कालवाचक (adverbial accusative; for a long time)

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

• मुक्त्वा: having left
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having released/left’ (Absolutive)

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन; विशेषण (Feminine locative dual; in/at his own)

• पादुके: sandals
• पादुके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), द्विवचन (Feminine, Locative dual)

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

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having made/done’ (Absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (indeclinable; and)

• अश्मसमुद्भवे: in/at the stone-born (place)
• अश्मसमुद्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन् + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘अश्मनः समुद्भवः’ (Masculine, Locative singular; in the stone-born (place/thing))

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative plural)

• अनुवाच: addressed / spoke to
• अनुवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd singular)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः’ (Masculine, Vocative singular)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (Masculine accusative plural)

• आर्तिम्: distress
• आर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative singular)

• उपागतान्: who had come into (distress) / afflicted
• उपागतान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘उपागत’ = having come to/afflicted by (Past participle; Masculine accusative plural)

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-sthāna on Arbuda

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rajendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pulastya narrates: after hearing the plea, the Goddess reflects long, then sets her own sandals upon a stone-born pedestal and addresses the distressed gods.

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• devas
• pādukā (sandals)
• aśma (stone)
• rājendra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection can be established through symbolic presence (pādukā), showing how sacred objects anchor protective power at a holy site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda is the narrative locus; the pādukā being placed “there” suggests a sanctified spot within the Arbuda sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; a sacred act of installing/placing the pādukā as a protective measure is described.