Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

आगमिष्यति ते स्थानं निश्चितं वचनान्मम । अत्र स्थाने मया ब्रह्मन्स्थातव्यं सह दैवतैः

Transliteration

āgamiṣyati te sthānaṃ niścitaṃ vacanānmama | atra sthāne mayā brahmansthātavyaṃ saha daivataiḥ

Translation

आगमिष्यति ते स्थानं निश्चितं वचनान्मम । अत्र स्थाने मया ब्रह्मन् स्थातव्यं सह दैवतैः ॥

Word by Word

• आगमिष्यति: will come
• आगमिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• निश्चितम्: certain/decided
• निश्चितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-चित्/नि-श्चि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying स्थानम्)

• वचनात्: from (my) word
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman (sage)
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• स्थातव्यम्: must stay/should be stayed
• स्थातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• दैवतैः: with the deities
• दैवतैः: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (Āditya)

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Durvāsā
• Daivatāḥ (deities)
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A deity’s pledged presence transforms geography into sacred geography, making pilgrimage spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the promised dwelling-place of Sūrya along with other deities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the focus is on divine commitment to reside, implying ongoing worship and pilgrimage.