Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

वयमेव सदात्रस्थाः श्रावणे मासि सत्तम । पौर्णमास्यां भविष्यामस्तव स्नेहादसंशयम्

Transliteration

vayameva sadātrasthāḥ śrāvaṇe māsi sattama | paurṇamāsyāṃ bhaviṣyāmastava snehādasaṃśayam

Translation

ஓ சத்தமனே! நாங்கள் எப்போதும் இங்கேயே இருப்போம்; ஸ்ராவண மாதப் பௌர்ணமியன்று உன் அன்பினால் ஐயமின்றி வெளிப்படுவோம்।

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case), त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोगे; here Masculine/Generic, Nominative Plural

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अत्रस्थाः: staying here
• अत्रस्थाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (√स्था धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case)

• श्रावणे: in Śrāvaṇa
• श्रावणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• सत्तम: O best (one)
• सत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; सप्तम-तद्धित/उत्तम-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; locative of time

• भविष्यामः: we shall be
• भविष्यामः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• स्नेहात्: from affection; due to affection
• स्नेहात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-द्वितीया (accusative used adverbially)

Speaker

Unspecified (collective ‘we’; likely local divine beings/guardians tied to the tīrtha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘sattama’ (addressed noble person)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night of full moon in Śrāvaṇa: the sacred precinct glows; unseen guardians/deities ‘manifest’ as luminous forms near the water/temple; a devotee is addressed with affection; moonlight reflects on the sea.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• Paurṇamāsī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places have auspicious times when their grace becomes especially accessible to devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Devikā-taṭa/Mūlasthāna tīrtha locale in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, with special emphasis on Śrāvaṇa Paurṇamāsī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied observance/visit on Śrāvaṇa Paurṇimā for special presence or darśana.