Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167

Devanagari script

तव नाम्ना तथा ख्यात आश्रमोऽयं भविष्यति

Transliteration

tava nāmnā tathā khyāta āśramo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

อาศรมนี้ก็จักมีชื่อเสียงตามพระนามของพระองค์เช่นกัน

Word by Word

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• nāmnā: by (your) name
• nāmnā: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (नामन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• tathā: thus, so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (adverb)

• khyātaḥ: renowned/called
• khyātaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khyā (ख्या धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: ख्या-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तम्; पुल्लिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; आश्रमस्य विशेषणम्

• āśramaḥ: hermitage
• āśramaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (आश्रम) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्गम्, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be/become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator addressing Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍikā-āśrama (name-famed hermitage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A hermitage signified by the Goddess’ emblem/name—pilgrims arriving, sages recounting the name-origin; the āśrama depicted as a named sacred landmark on the mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred site’s identity is sanctified and perpetuated through association with the deity’s name and presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular āśrama in Arbuda-kṣetra, destined to be known by Devī’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of the place’s future renown (khyāti).