Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता भगवान्विष्णुमंदिरे । तेनैव वपुषा प्राप्तः सपुत्रः सहबांधवः

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā bhagavānviṣṇumaṃdire | tenaiva vapuṣā prāptaḥ saputraḥ sahabāṃdhavaḥ

Translation

กาลเวลาผ่านไปเนิ่นนานแล้ว เขาก็มาถึงพระวิหารของพระวิษณุ ด้วยกายเดิมนั้นเอง พร้อมทั้งบุตรและญาติวงศ์ทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तर-अर्थे) ‘thereafter/then’

• kālena: with/by time
• kālena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• mahatā: great/long
• mahatā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘kālena’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• viṣṇu-mandire: in the temple of Vishnu
• viṣṇu-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘विष्णोः मन्दिरे’

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चय/अवधारण)

• vapuṣā: with the body/form
• vapuṣā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vapus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• prāptaḥ: arrived/appeared
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived/obtained’

• sa-putraḥ: with (his) son
• sa-putraḥ: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः: ‘यस्य पुत्रः अस्ति/पुत्रेण सह’ = ‘with (his) son’

• saha-bāndhavaḥ: with (his) relatives
• saha-bāndhavaḥ: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saha (अव्यय) + bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः: ‘बान्धवैः सह’

Speaker

Pulastya (narrator)

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Viṣṇu
• Viṣṇu-mandira
• Ambārīṣa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion over time culminates in returning to the deity’s abode; dharma is strengthened when practiced with family and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Viṣṇu temple established in the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative space is foregrounded as a destination worthy of return and visitation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, continued temple-going and darśana; no specific rite is itemized in this verse.