Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तामहं साशिषं चापि प्रावोचं भरतर्षभ । अस्मिन्नेव पुरे तिष्ठ भगदत्तप्रपूजिता

Transliteration

tāmahaṃ sāśiṣaṃ cāpi prāvocaṃ bharatarṣabha | asminneva pure tiṣṭha bhagadattaprapūjitā

Translation

โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ ครั้นแล้วเราจึงประทานพรแก่นางและกล่าวว่า “จงพำนักอยู่ในนครนี้เอง โดยได้รับการบูชาจากภคทัตตะ”

Word by Word

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• aham: I
• aham: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष सर्वनाम

• sāśiṣam: with a blessing
• sāśiṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to tām)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + āśiṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव: ‘आशिषा सह’ = with a blessing; qualifies tām

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि = also/even

• prāvocam: I spoke/I addressed
• prāvocam: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु) with pra-
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अनद्यतनभूत), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bharatarṣabha: O best of the Bharatas
• bharatarṣabha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata (प्रातिपदिक) + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्राय: ‘भरतानां ऋषभः’ = bull among the Bharatas

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphasis)

• pure: in the city
• pure: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• tiṣṭha: stay/stand
• tiṣṭha: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhagadattaprapūjitā: honoured by Bhagadatta
• bhagadattaprapūjitā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to implied ‘tvam’/addressed female)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagadatta (प्रातिपदिक) + prapūjita (कृदन्त; √pūj (धातु) with pra-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘भगदत्तेन प्रपूजिता’ (honoured by Bhagadatta); क्त-प्रत्यय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed city-kṣetra (asmin pure)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhāratarṣabha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A blessing and installation scene: the narrator extends a hand in benediction; the female figure stands or kneels in acceptance; in the background, a city/temple precinct and a royal figure (Bhagadatta) offering worship.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagadatta
• Kāmākhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place is stabilized by divine sanction and sustained through devoted worship and patronage.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The “city” where Kāmākhyā is asked to remain—her kṣetra—receives emphasis as a sanctified locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) by Bhagadatta is indicated as the sustaining devotional act.