Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ऋषिराह पुरा यत्र स्थापि तानि ममाश्रमे । तत्रैव तानि तिष्ठंति न चानीतानि वासव

Transliteration

ṛṣirāha purā yatra sthāpi tāni mamāśrame | tatraiva tāni tiṣṭhaṃti na cānītāni vāsava

Translation

ఋషి అన్నాడు—“హే వాసవా! నా ఆశ్రమంలో ఎక్కడ పూర్వం అవి నిల్వచేయబడినవో, అక్కడే అవి ఉన్నాయి; ఇక్కడికి తెచ్చబడలేదు।”

Word by Word

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु: अह् ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• स्थापि: I placed/installed
• स्थापि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + स्थापि (कृदन्त, तुमुन्-लोप/लुङ्-रूपेण; पाठभेद-संभावना)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist) प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; अर्थः ‘स्थापितवान्/स्थापयामास’

• तानि: those (weapons/things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain/stand
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

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

• आनीतानि: brought
• आनीतानि: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु) + आनीत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘आनीत’ = brought

• वासव: O Vāsava (Indra)
• वासव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

The sage (Dadhīci, implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (āśrama locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (probable)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage, composed and unwavering, answers Indra: the weapons remain exactly where they were placed; the hermitage appears orderly, with a marked sacred spot indicating the deposit.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Dadhīci (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is precise: a custodian reports truthfully and maintains integrity about what is held, where it is kept, and what has changed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sage’s āśrama within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes truthful reporting and proper custodianship.